disservice
harmful or injurious service; an ill turn.
to provide inadequate or faulty service to: Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdowns.
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Other words from disservice
- self-dis·serv·ice, noun
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How to use disservice in a sentence
It’s just a shame that these shows are often made in a style that is so tired by this point, it even does a disservice to the Dickens and Austen tales for which it was originally developed.
The Long Song Is a Brilliant Tale of Slavery’s End in Jamaica, Frustratingly Told | Judy Berman | January 29, 2021 | TimeMontgomery’s head of emergency management, Earl Stoddard, said those who have leaked the registration link did “a great disservice” to the community by complicating efforts to quickly inoculate the county’s top-priority group.
D.C. will resume indoor dining Friday as coronavirus cases hover at elevated levels | Julie Zauzmer, Rebecca Tan, Erin Cox, Gregory S. Schneider | January 22, 2021 | Washington PostThat would do any open world Star Wars game a major disservice.
What we want from Ubisoft Massive’s open world Star Wars game | Mike Hume, Gene Park, Elise Favis | January 13, 2021 | Washington PostUnintentionally, the film’s opening also does a disservice to the subtlety of some of the performances, particularly Kirby’s.
Pieces of a Woman Features a Superb Performance From Vanessa Kirby, If You Can Bear to Watch It | Stephanie Zacharek | January 8, 2021 | TimeIncreasing that walled garden power would be a disservice to users and to the digital economy, especially to small and upstart businesses.
To call Wild an emotional film would be an egregious disservice to its astounding journey to screen.
Crying With Laura Dern: The Star on Her Oscar-Worthy ‘Wild’ Turn | Kevin Fallon | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe lack of discussion and attention are a major disservice to women.
Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife? | Emily Shire | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTNot 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWell has Ennius said, "Kindnesses misplaced are nothing but a curse and disservice."
It required six months of judicial labor to bring forth this result, which was of "infinite disservice to the crown."
The Trial of Theodore Parker | Theodore ParkerAt least they have been of some service to our cause and of some disservice to yours, and that, I take it, is the purpose of war.
In Hostile Red | Joseph AltshelerThe author of those lines, on another occasion, rendered Mr. Bird a serious disservice.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV. | Charles L. GravesTo represent a Person fairly and without disservice to his Reputation, two Things are to be observ'd.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage | Jeremy Collier
British Dictionary definitions for disservice
/ (dɪsˈsɜːvɪs) /
an ill turn; wrong; injury, esp when trying to help
Derived forms of disservice
- disserviceable, adjective
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