[ UK /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/ ]
[ US /dɪˈsɝvəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. an act intended to help that turns out badly
    he did them a disservice
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How To Use disservice In A Sentence

  • “Yes, of course, the whole idea is utterly inane, but to let its predictable inanities blind you to its truly fabulous and breathtaking aspects is to do both oneself and the genre a disservice.” — The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend
  • A terrible disservice is done to the half-million to one million non-Jewish parents helping to raise Jewish children whenever our community commissions yet another study to demonstrate how different the intermarried are from the in-married. Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community?
  • We do our young people a great disservice by not teaching languages in a more rigorous, consistent and inspired fashion. Times, Sunday Times
  • But they quickly realised the judge had done them a great disservice and that his report hinged on a massive irony.
  • This is a disservice to one of the 20th century's most powerful writers and thinkers and a disservice to ourselves. Times, Sunday Times
  • This does a disservice to the immutable laws of the universe (many of them strange and counterintuitive). Times, Sunday Times
  • That's bosh and hokum, and it does a disservice to the people.
  • 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. INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition)
  • Indeed, the final scoreline perhaps flattered Leigh, or at least did a disservice to the effort of the York team.
  • This is a disservice to consumers but also to the new alternative energy. Times, Sunday Times
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