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单词 disservice
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(dɪssɜːʳvɪs)
singular noun
If you do someone or something a disservice, you harm them in some way.
[formal]
He said the protesters were doing a disservice to the nation. [+ to]
You could do yourself a grave disservice by revealing all to a potential rival.
Synonyms: wrong, injury, harm, injustice More Synonyms of disservice

disservice in British English

(dɪsˈsɜːvɪs)
noun
an ill turn; wrong; injury, esp when trying to help
Derived forms
disserviceable (disˈserviceable)
adjective

disservice in American English

(dɪsˈsɜrvɪs; ˈdɪsˈsɜrvɪs)
noun
1. 
harmful action; injury
2. 
a harmful or unkind act
Word origin
di-1 + service1

Examples of 'disservice' in a sentence
disservice

And to treat it as such is doing women in the workplace a huge disservice.
The Sun (2015)
We do ourselves a great disservice when we condemn the healthy desires behind temptation.
Christianity Today (2000)
Why do it in a ballroom when you are clearly doing your partner a serious disservice?
The Sun (2012)
They have done the poor a great disservice.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It did a serious disservice to half the population.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Students who complain when teachers enforce the conventions do themselves a great disservice.
Marius, Richard A Short Guide to Writing About History (1995)
For me to give up and be too upset would be doing a huge disservice to all he sacrificed for us.
The Sun (2014)
Politicians of all parties are doing us a huge disservice in the run-up to the referendum.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Plus it's been cursed with the continuous reference to a movie that did it a terrible disservice.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I think women who fake are doing themselves a massive disservice.
The Sun (2007)
All of which distorts our ideas of sport and its participants, to the great disservice of us all.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But that was to do a great disservice to one of the more ambitious and honest characters in English football.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We do our young people a great disservice by not teaching languages in a more rigorous, consistent and inspired fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I feel like the media is doing a great disservice to all the orphans of Africa.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Angry that I was doing older people such a great disservice.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She does herself, and society as a whole, a huge disservice in the continuing battle to ensure that both men and women show each other mutual respect.
The Sun (2014)
(noun) 
Definition
a harmful action
You could do yourself a grave disservice.
Synonyms
wrong
I intend to right the wrong done to you.
injury
She was awarded compensation for the injury to her feelings.
harm
It would probably do the economy more harm than good.
injustice
I don't want to do an injustice to what I've recorded.
disfavour
unkindness
bad turn
ill turn
Opposites
service
,
courtesy
,
kindness
,
indulgence
,
good turn
,
obligement (Scottish, archaic)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of harm
It would probably do the economy more harm than good.
Synonyms
damage,
loss,
ill,
hurt,
misfortune,
mischief,
detriment,
impairment,
disservice
in the sense of injury
Definition
harm done to the feelings
She was awarded compensation for the injury to her feelings.
Synonyms
wrong,
abuse,
offence,
insult,
injustice,
grievance,
affront,
detriment,
disservice
in the sense of injustice
Definition
an unfair action
I don't want to do an injustice to what I've recorded.
Synonyms
wrong,
injury,
crime,
abuse,
error,
offence,
sin,
grievance,
infringement,
trespass,
misdeed,
transgression,
infraction,
bad or evil deed

Nearby words of
disservice

  • dissenter
  • dissenting
  • dissertation
  • disservice
  • dissidence
  • dissident
  • dissimilar

Synonyms of 'disservice'

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