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Devout observances are of economic importance as an index of a concomitant variation of temperament, accompanying the predatory habit of mind and so indicating the presence of industrially disserviceable traits.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

If the acquisition of bad, that is, disserviceable habits, is disastrous to the individual, it is in some respects even worse in the group.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

Stromboli Smith OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

For where alert and conscious criticism of existing folkways is habitual among all the members of a society, that society is saved from subjection through inertia to disserviceable habits.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

The characteristics named above as serving the interests of the community are disserviceable to the individual, rather than otherwise.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein