Yes, you are hurting your team. (Destiny)

by BeardFade , Portland, OR, Monday, August 24, 2015, 17:11 (3476 days ago) @ slycrel

If I'm a Sunsinger and don't use my super, even though it's charged, for a minute or two, am I penalizing the team?

Yes, I think you are punishing your team. Averaging more supers per match, especially successful ones, is clearly beneficial for a team. Not only is it more points, but the orbs enable other players to have supers faster. That's why they keep a stat for average supers per game.

And you can totally come up with a fair way to do this, making the excuse that it would be challenging is not acceptable because apathy isn't a good reason not to do something.