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[ dis-sur-vis ] / dɪsˈsɜr vɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disservice ON THESAURUS.COM
nounharmful 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 disserviceFirst recorded in 1590–1600; dis-1 + service1 SYNONYMS FOR disservice1 wrong, hurt, harm, injury, unkindness. SEE SYNONYMS FOR disservice ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM disserviceself-dis·serv·ice, nounWords nearby disservicedissepiment, dissert, dissertate, dissertation, disserve, disservice, dissever, dissidence, dissident, dissidents, dissilient Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disserviceAnd, 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
nounan ill turn; wrong; injury, esp when trying to help Derived forms of disservicedisserviceable, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disserviceinjustice, disfavor, harm, hurt, insult, wrong, prejudice, outrage, detriment, injury |