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BNC: 20460 COCA: 15185

disservice

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disservice /dɪsˈsɚvɪs/ noun
disservice
/dɪsˈsɚvɪs/
noun
Learner's definition of DISSERVICE
[singular]
: something that harms or damages someone or something危害;损害
usually used in the phrase do a disservice通常用于短语do a disservice
BNC: 20460 COCA: 15185

disservice

noun

dis·​ser·​vice (ˌ)di(s)-ˈsər-vəs How to pronounce disservice (audio)
: ill service : harm
also : an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act
misinformation that does a disservice to readers

Example Sentences

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 on the Web Anything else is a recipe for inflexible and ineffective rules that will be a disservice to all market participants. Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 24 July 2022 That’s why, as Rachel Robinson said, the erroneous story of the Reese-Robinson hug does a disservice. Jonathan Eig, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022 Harboring workers who aren’t aligned with the culture is a recipe for a toxic and dysfunctional workplace and does a disservice to all parties. Johnny C. Taylor, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 Providing employees a script to memorize does a disservice to a company and its story. Jim Goldman, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Offering a précis of the plot could arguably do the movie a disservice, since the narrative pivots on human trafficking — specifically, the trafficking of prepubescent girls. Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 July 2022 But amid a taut labor market, companies that fail to leverage L&D leaders’ expertise in cultivating and upskilling talent are doing themselves a disservice and placing their talent strategy at a disadvantage. Amber Burton, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022 They are done a disservice when someone essentially weaponizes their faith to look down on others. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022 Jennifer Nuzzo, the epidemiology lead at the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, feels the use of mask mandates this late into the pandemic has done a disservice to a useful public health measure. Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of disservice was in 1599
BNC: 20460 COCA: 15185
disservice

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DISSERVICE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgrave, great, terrible, tremendous嚴重/重大/極大/巨大的損害VERB + DISSERVICEdo sb損害某人PREPOSITIONdisservice to對⋯的危害This violence will do a grave disservice to their cause.這種暴力行為將嚴重危害他們的事業。

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