Sekirov Dictionary

disservice

UK /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/US /dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

noun1

•
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
- One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.

verb1

•
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
- One librarian said, "I could double the circulation tomorrow by closing the periodical stacks and counting every time I handed out a magazine, but I would be disservicing our readers." — 1975

forms

disserviced · disservicing · disservices

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