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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Many of the activists who most recently fought to keep the park support housing development, but Smith said the project will ultimately do a disservice to students and other neighborhood residents who are losing an important open space in a crowded urban environment.
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
To do otherwise, in his view, is a disservice to the team.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Yet describing it merely as a luxurious eco-friendly home would be doing a disservice to this soaring construction of steel, stone, wood and glass that was conceived as a family retreat by Mishra and his wife, Divya Bhatt Mishra, who is also the cofounder of his eponymous brand.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
For that incredibly dishonest assessment that actually did a disservice to the country, Obama is held up to widespread praise by Democrats and others, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
To do otherwise, in his view, is a disservice to the team.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Yet describing it merely as a luxurious eco-friendly home would be doing a disservice to this soaring construction of steel, stone, wood and glass that was conceived as a family retreat by Mishra and his wife, Divya Bhatt Mishra, who is also the cofounder of his eponymous brand.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 11 Oct. 2025
For that incredibly dishonest assessment that actually did a disservice to the country, Obama is held up to widespread praise by Democrats and others, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 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 28 Oct. 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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