| Pronunciation: | | dis'survis
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| Matching Terms: | | disserviceable
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| | Definition: | | [n] an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice" |
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| | Synonyms: | | ill service, ill turn |
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| | Antonyms: | | service |
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| | See Also: | | injury |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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