disservice
UK /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/ US /dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs/
noun 1verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
One renders young people a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.
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.
verb
1
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
One librarian said, "I could double the circulation tomorrow by closing the periodical stacks and counting every time I handed out a magazine, but I would be disservicing our readers."
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