disservice
noun
dis·ser·vice
(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsər-vəs 
: ill service : harm
also
: an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act
misinformation that does a disservice to readers
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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Having an overly supportive AI can be a disservice.
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Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas warned in an article earlier this year that Mexican flag-waving protesters could be doing a disservice to their cause.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 9 June 2025
His framing of rural opposition as merely aesthetic grievance is a disservice to the real and serious concerns held by our community.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
The leaky membrane that Trump has established between law enforcement and his own agenda does a disservice to the officers, many of whom are simply trying to do their jobs.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Arizona Republic columnist Phil Boas warned in an article earlier this year that Mexican flag-waving protesters could be doing a disservice to their cause.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 9 June 2025
His framing of rural opposition as merely aesthetic grievance is a disservice to the real and serious concerns held by our community.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2025
The leaky membrane that Trump has established between law enforcement and his own agenda does a disservice to the officers, many of whom are simply trying to do their jobs.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for disservice
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disservice. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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disservice
noun
dis·ser·vice
(ˈ)dis-ˈ(s)ər-vəs
: an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act
behavior that did a disservice to the sport
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