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disservice

[ dis-sur-vis ]

/ dɪsˈsɜr vɪs /

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noun

harmful or injurious service; an ill turn.

verb (used with object), dis·serv·iced, dis·serv·ic·ing.

to provide inadequate or faulty service to: Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdowns.

Origin of disservice

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis-¹ + service¹

SYNONYMS FOR disservice

1 wrong, hurt, harm, injury, unkindness.

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OTHER WORDS FROM disservice

self-dis·serv·ice, noun

Words nearby disservice

dissepiment, dissert, dissertate, dissertation, disserve, disservice, dissever, dissidence, dissident, dissidents, dissilient

Example sentences from the Web for disservice

And, in doing so, are we ultimately doing them, as well as the feminist movement, a disservice?

Lana Del Rey and the Fault in Our ‘Feminist’ Stars |Amy Zimmerman |June 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maybe they help sell church services, but do they do a disservice to the gospel?

Can’t Fill the House On Easter? Try Handing Out Gadgets |Matthew Paul Turner |April 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Not to deal with this and the way we have done it would have been a disservice to the series.

Kentucky’s Finest Antihero: Walton Goggins on Justified’s Chameleon Villain |Allen Barra |February 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We are doing him a disservice by not working harder on this.

Long Odds for Obama’s New Guantanamo Deadline |Josh Rogin |January 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

This hate speech is wrong, inaccurate and a disservice to learning.

When Israeli Settlers Direct Violence at Palestinian Schoolchildren |Matt Surrusco |November 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
"I scarce know whether he did me service or disservice, your Highness," he added, with something between a grunt and a sigh.

The Mercenary |W. J. Eccott
May I answer without doing an injury or disservice to his Imperial Majesty?

Imaginary Conversations and Poems |Walter Savage Landor
It would be doing a disservice to his memory to deny that his style did not possess literary distinction or elegance.

Mark Twain |Archibald Henderson
"And greatly to your disservice besides," added I, severely.

That Boy Of Norcott's |Charles James Lever
Well has Ennius said, "Kindnesses misplaced are nothing but a curse and disservice."

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for disservice

disservice

/ (dɪsˈsɜːvɪs) /

noun

an ill turn; wrong; injury, esp when trying to help

Derived forms of disservice

disserviceable, adjective