disservice
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
disservice
- 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.
- 2014, Michele Kaschub, Janice Smith, Promising Practices in 21st Century Music Teacher Education, Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780190206154)
- French: mauvais service, desservice
- German: Bärendienst (bear's service), schlechter Dienst, Schaden
- Portuguese: desserviço
- Russian: медве́жья услу́га
- Spanish: flaco favor
disservice (disservices, present participle disservicing; past and past participle disserviced)
- To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
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