disservice
- harmful or injurious service; an ill turn.
- to provide inadequate or faulty service to: Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdowns.
Origin of disservice
Synonyms for disservice
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for disservice
injustice, disfavor, harm, hurt, insult, wrong, prejudice, outrage, detriment, injuryExamples from the Web for disservice
Contemporary Examples of disservice
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.
Kentucky’s Finest Antihero: Walton Goggins on Justified’s Chameleon VillainAllen Barra
February 11, 2014
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 of disservice
"And greatly to your disservice besides," added I, severely.
That Boy Of Norcott'sCharles James Lever
Indeed, Tony laughed at the abrupt peroration, and that laugh did him no disservice.
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
The epigrams can be made; but it is uninstructive, rather tending to do disservice.
The Short Works of George MeredithGeorge Meredith
We will not do a great man such a disservice as to dig him up for a spectacle.
The TownLeigh Hunt
It was the hundredth disservice the silly fellow had done me.
Lives of Celebrated WomenSamuel Griswold Goodrich
disservice
- an ill turn; wrong; injury, esp when trying to help