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Definition of Disservice
1. Noun. An act intended to help that turns out badly. "He did them a disservice"
Definition of Disservice
1. n. Injury; mischief.
Definition of Disservice
1. Noun. An ill turn or injury. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disservice
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disservice
Literary usage of Disservice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"that ever presented me, to whom I have not only done little service, but apparently
did him the greatest disservice in his business of accounts, ..."
2. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"By your not mentioning your own health, I trust this cold east wind has not done
you disservice, though it can benefit nothing but the passages of the ..."
3. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1825)
"... all duty and faithfulness, and without any known or wilful disservice to the
state ... disservice ..."
4. Savile Correspondence: Letters to and from Henry Savile, Esq., Envoy at by Henry Savile, George Savile Halifax (1858)
"... case I thought it no disservice to you to move the King you might have full
power to ... disservice ..."
5. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... and that there was somebody else who did her more disservice : insomuch as to
the ladies who were about her, whereof some were very much his friends, ..."
6. As to Roger Williams, and His 'banishment' from the Massachusetts Plantation by Henry Martyn Dexter (1876)
"... who could not be convinced of their error, and the disservice they were doing
to all concerned, and who would not be quiet ; involved to the plantation, ..."
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