disservice
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/
  • (America) enPR: dis·sər´vĭs, IPA: /dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs/
Noun

disservice

  1. Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
    • 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780190206154)
      Often schools of music focus solely on the canon of Western classical art music, but this is a disservice to music educators who will have to deal with students from many different backgrounds and preferences.
    One renders young persons a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
Translations
  • French: mauvais service, desservice
  • German: Bärendienst (bear's service), schlechter Dienst, Schaden
  • Portuguese: desserviço
  • Russian: медве́жья услу́га
  • Spanish: flaco favor
Verb

disservice (disservices, present participle disservicing; past and past participle disserviced)

  1. To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
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