What does hard done by mean?

hard done by

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English

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"King should feel a bit hard done by after being replaced in the team."
"United could have made it 3-0 with further chances, but Norwich's Andrew Crofts also had a shot saved and his side can come away from this encounter with some reason to feel hard done by."

more hard done by (comparative) most hard done by (superlative)

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