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noun
- 1. a harmful action: "you have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact"
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an action that harms something or someone: do a disservice to She has done a great disservice to her cause by suggesting that violence is justifiable. Opposite. service. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging and spoiling. adulterant. adulterated. adulteration. applecart. butcher. dry rot. eat away at something phrasal verb. erode.
noun. dis· ser· vice (ˌ)di (s)-ˈsər-vəs. Synonyms of disservice. : ill service : harm. also : an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act. misinformation that does a disservice to readers. Synonyms. inequity. injury. injustice. raw deal. shaft. unfairness. unjustness. wrong. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disservice in a Sentence.
Definition of 'disservice' disservice. (dɪssɜːʳvɪs ) singular noun. If you do someone or something a disservice, you harm them in some way. [formal] He said the protesters were doing a disservice to the nation. [+ to] You could do yourself a grave disservice by revealing all to a potential rival.
an action that harms something or someone: do a disservice to She has done a great disservice to her cause by suggesting that violence is justifiable. Opposite. service. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging and spoiling. adulterant. adulterated. adulteration. applecart. butcher. dry rot. eat away at something phrasal verb. erode.
3 days ago · Other forms: disservices. Definitions of disservice. noun. an act intended to help that turns out badly. “he did them a disservice ”. synonyms: ill service, ill turn. see more.
Definition of disservice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define disservice. disservice synonyms, disservice pronunciation, disservice translation, English dictionary definition of disservice. n. A harmful action, especially one undertaken unknowingly or with good intentions.
noun. 1. harmful or injurious service; an ill turn. transitive verb. 2. to provide inadequate or faulty service to. Small shippers are most often disserviced by transportation breakdowns. SYNONYMS 1. wrong, hurt, harm, injury, unkindness. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
DISSERVICE definition: a situation in which something causes harm to someone or something: . Learn more.
: something that harms or damages someone or something. Her comments were a disservice to those volunteers. — usually used in the phrase do a disservice. He did a disservice to readers by providing wrong information. Her behavior has done the sport a great disservice. [=her behavior has hurt the sport]
