noun
disservice
dih-SUR-vihs
noun
1
An action that causes harm, especially one that was meant or expected to help.
"Ignoring the warning signs did a disservice to the whole team."
"The article does a disservice to readers by oversimplifying the science."
How to Use Disservice
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA harmful or unhelpful act, often one that should have helped instead.
Common pairings
do a disservice
disservice to
great disservice
Word Forms
disserviced past tense, disservices plural, disservices singular
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Etymology
From dis- ("not") + service.