disservice

[dis-sur-vis]

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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

Related formsself-dis·serv·ice, noun

Synonyms

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1. wrong, hurt, harm, injury, unkindness.

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Examples from the Web for disservice

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
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
This hate speech is wrong, inaccurate and a disservice to learning.
When Israeli Settlers Direct Violence at Palestinian Schoolchildren
Matt Surrusco
November 12, 2013

Historical Examples

"And greatly to your disservice besides," added I, severely.
That Boy Of Norcott's
Charles James Lever
Indeed, Tony laughed at the abrupt peroration, and that laugh did him no disservice.
Tony Butler
Charles James Lever
The epigrams can be made; but it is uninstructive, rather tending to do disservice.
The Short Works of George Meredith
George Meredith
We will not do a great man such a disservice as to dig him up for a spectacle.
The Town
Leigh Hunt
It was the hundredth disservice the silly fellow had done me.
Lives of Celebrated Women
Samuel Griswold Goodrich

British Dictionary definitions for disservice

disservice

noun

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

Derived Formsdisserviceable, adjective

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Word Origin and History for disservice

n.

1590s; see dis- + service. Perhaps formed on analogy of French desservice (16c.).

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for disservice

Contemporary Examples

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

Maybe they help sell church services, but do they do a disservice to the gospel?

Not to deal with this and the way we have done it would have been a disservice to the series.

We are doing him a disservice by not working harder on this.

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

Historical Examples

"And greatly to your disservice besides," added I, severely.

Indeed, Tony laughed at the abrupt peroration, and that laugh did him no disservice.

The epigrams can be made; but it is uninstructive, rather tending to do disservice.

We will not do a great man such a disservice as to dig him up for a spectacle.

It was the hundredth disservice the silly fellow had done me.

disservice

Word Origin and History for disservice

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Origin of disservice