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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Disservice \Dis*serv"ice\, n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F.
     desservice.]
     Injury; mischief.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than
           any disservice unto their relators.      --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  disservice
     n.
     service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally)
  unhelpful, harmful action.
     vb.
     To disserve, to provide a #Noun to; to provide harmful or inadequate
  service to.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  disservice
     n.
     service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally)
  unhelpful, harmful action.
     vb.
     To disserve, to provide a #Noun to; to provide harmful or inadequate
  service to.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  disservice
     n.
     service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally)
  unhelpful, harmful action.
     vb.
     To disserve, to provide a #Noun to; to provide harmful or inadequate
  service to.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  disservice
     n.
     service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally)
  unhelpful, harmful action.
     vb.
     To disserve, to provide a #Noun to; to provide harmful or inadequate
  service to.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  disservice
     Englanti n.
     karhunpalvelus

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/
  الأذى

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  disservice //dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs// //dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs// 
  лоша услуга
  service that results in harm

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/ 
  ublížení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/ 
  poškození

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/
  schlechter Dienst , kein guter Dienst , Bärendienst 
        "You do a disservice to this ethnic group by imparting half-baked knowledge."  - Du erweist dieser Volksgruppe keinen guten Dienst, wenn du Halbwissen verbreitest.
        "I would be doing the principals a great disservice if I gave any impression that …"  - Ich würde den Verantwortlichen einen Bärendienst erweisen, würde ich den Eindruck vermitteln, dass …

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  disservice //dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs// //dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs// 
  karhunpalvelus
  service that results in harm

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/
  loša usluga, šteta

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/
  1. rossz szolgálat
  2. kár
  3. hátrány

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  disservice //dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs// //dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs// 
  ひどい仕打ち
  service that results in harm

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  disservice /dɪˈsɜ:vɪs/ 
    szkoda

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  disservice //dɪ(s)ˈsɜːvɪs// //dɪ(s)ˈsɝvɪs// 
  björntjänst
  service that results in harm

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  disservice /dɪsˈɜːvɪs/
  1. zarar, ziyan. do dis serviceto bir kimseye zarar vermek.disserve  bir kimseye kötülük etmek, incitmek, kırmak.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/dɪˈsɝvəs/

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


  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

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n. 伤害,不亲切的行为,虐待;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 伤害,不亲切的行为,虐待

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