disservice
noun
dis·ser·vice
(ˌ)di(s)-ˈsər-vəs 
: ill service : harm
also
: an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act
misinformation that does a disservice to readers
Examples of disservice in a Sentence
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”
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But opponents said the legislation did a disservice to victims and their families.
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The concluding note of simplifying, uplifting coincidence does a disservice to Giamatti’s degree of commitment, with far more conviction in his turns from anger to self-loathing to remorse than the episode exercises in its own plotting.
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Robert's deportation would be a disservice to him, his police officer son, his grandchildren, and especially to the hundreds of young people Robert mentors in their hardest moments.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Another parent of three children said Hiles was doing herself and her son a disservice.
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Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
The concluding note of simplifying, uplifting coincidence does a disservice to Giamatti’s degree of commitment, with far more conviction in his turns from anger to self-loathing to remorse than the episode exercises in its own plotting.
11.
—Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Robert's deportation would be a disservice to him, his police officer son, his grandchildren, and especially to the hundreds of young people Robert mentors in their hardest moments.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Another parent of three children said Hiles was doing herself and her son a disservice.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Disservice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disservice. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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disservice
noun
dis·ser·vice
(ˈ)dis-ˈ(s)ər-vəs
: an unhelpful, unkind, or harmful act
behavior that did a disservice to the sport
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