Disservice

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disservice \Dis*serv"ice\, n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F.
     desservice.]
     Injury; mischief.
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           We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than


           any disservice unto their relators.      --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disservice
       n : an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a
           disservice" [syn: {ill service}, {ill turn}] [ant: {service}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "disservice":
     atrocity, bad deed, bad turn, damage, disfavor, great wrong,
     grievance, gross injustice, harm, ill service, ill turn,
     imposition, injury, injustice, miscarriage of justice, outrage,
     raw deal, unkindness, wrong