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Disservice

Disservice Meaning & Definition
Disservice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disservice?

[n] an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disservice: ill service | ill turn

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disservice: atrocity | bad deed | bad turn | damage | disfavor | great wrong | grievance | gross injustice | harm | ill service | ill turn | imposition | injury | injustice | miscarriage of justice | outrage | raw deal | unkindness | wrong

See Also | injury

Disservice In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*serv"ice\, n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. --Sir T. Browne.

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