disservice
Service that results in harmService that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
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» You're doing us a great disservice.
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Examples
13 sentencesYou're doing us a great disservice.
He has done him a disservice.
deDer hat ihm einen Bärendienst erwiesen. — sigfrido
Sheltering kids does them a disservice.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Bärendienst, schlechter Dienst, Schaden
- an act intended to help that turns out badly
Forms
plural: disservices| Singular | disservice |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- an act intended to help that turns out badly:ill serviceill turn
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.