disservice

noun dis·ser·vice \ (ˌ)di(s)-ˈsər-vəs \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: disservice in a Sentence

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”

Recent Examples of disservice from the Web

By that measure, a disservice has been done to a great many people in the IfNotNow movement.

— abraham riesman, Daily Intelligencer, "Can the young activists of IfNotNow change the conversation about Israel and the Palestinians, or will their contradictions hold them back?," 12 July 2018
Reducing the vote to a tally of goals and assists does the award, and the players, a disservice, anyway.

— patrick brennan, Cincinnati.com, "FC Cincinnati's Emmanuel Ledesma named USL Player of the Month for June," 12 July 2018
To focus on Ibrahimovic — to make a player who is not here at the World Cup the point of entry into Sweden’s story — is almost a disservice to those who are in Russia, who have carried Sweden further than players and public alike can have imagined.

— rory smith, New York Times, "By His Absence, Zlatan Ibrahimovic Makes Sweden Stronger at the World Cup," 3 July 2018
But their actions do bowfishers, already under fire from some quarters concerning their targeting of alligator gar, a disservice that could well see their recreation face increased regulation.

— shannon tompkins, Houston Chronicle, "Boat ramps a gateway to fun or frustration," 28 June 2018
Some believe moving Green between positions has done him a disservice, but Green brushes that off.

— drew davison, star-telegram, "Cowboys' Chaz Green is looking to keep job, not sympathy, after Atlanta meltdown," 22 June 2018
Some lawmakers also believe protecting the mentally ill from forced institutionalization and medication does a disservice to them.

— gary warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, "For some parents of mentally ill, Laura's Law falls short," 11 June 2018
The Cavaliers have to try with LeBron James, because to not do so would be to do an entire league a disservice.

— mike finger, San Antonio Express-News, "Doomed or not, Rockets take their shot," 21 May 2018
And those who defend the president on this do themselves and the nation a great disservice.

— john kass, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump’s gift to Democrats: Bill the Butcher," 23 Jan. 2018

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