disservice

noun

dis·ser·vice | \(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsər-vəs

Definition of disservice

: ill service : harm also : an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act misinformation that does a disservice to readers

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Examples of disservice in a Sentence

Her comments were a disservice to those volunteers. you do a great disservice to the professionals at the day-care center when you refer to them as “babysitters”

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Still, Cohen argues that not working with fans and communities on allowing transformative tributes to exist on sites like YouTube does a disservice to both the artist and community. — Julia Alexander, The Verge, "YouTube’s head of music warns that EU’s Article 13 is detrimental to remixes, fan videos," 1 Nov. 2018 This approach does a disservice to lower-income homeowners, especially those in areas of emerging risk. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "Climate change and the coming coastal real estate crash," 16 Oct. 2018 The lesser half of that equation does a disservice to the great work that goes into the rest of the phone. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Pixel 3 XL review—Google software deserves better than this hardware," 15 Oct. 2018 Emma is a human being, and oversimplifying the way someone relates to the world for the entirety of her childhood — meaning well beyond that, most likely — is a profound disservice to her. — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, "It’s not healthy to raise kids in a protective bubble," 7 Jan. 2018 Insisting that a woman’s authenticity can only be revealed by revealing her bare skin is a disservice. — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, "The problem with Bradley Cooper asking Lady Gaga to go makeup-free in A Star Is Born," 9 Oct. 2018 But that does a disservice to Haley for two reasons: This is hardly the first time she's been hugely popular on a bipartisan basis. — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, "Nikki Haley’s unique Trump Teflon," 25 Apr. 2018 But the comparisons do a disservice to both Tatum and O’Neal, for Tatum’s phenomenal velocity and articulation never have been equaled, while O’Neal offers a keyboard panache all his own. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "The many facets of Johnny O'Neal play out at Winter’s Jazz Club," 1 Apr. 2018 But without paying closer attention to what our allies in Great Britain and Canada have uncovered on our behalf, Americans are doing our own democracy a grave disservice. — David Carroll, WIRED, "The US Should Pay Attention to Foreign Cambridge Analytica Probes," 15 June 2018

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