[responsivevoice] disservice [/responsivevoice] [ dis-sur-vis ]
The word of the day is ‘disservice’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Unkindness
2. A harmful action.
3. Damage
4. Bad turn
1. Hindi – Apakaar
2. Spanish – Deservicio
3. French – Mauvais service
4. Mandarin – Sǔnhài
1. Indeed, Tony laughed at the abrupt peroration, and that laugh did him no disservice.
2. The epigrams can be made; but it is uninstructive, rather tending to do a disservice.
3. We will not do a great man such a disservice as to dig him up for a spectacle.
4. It was the hundredth disservice the silly fellow had done me.
5. You have done a disservice to the African people by ignoring this fact.
injustice, detriment, disfavour, harm, hurt, injury, insult, outrage, prejudice, wrong, bad turn, unkindness, mischief, damage, offence, kick in the teeth etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favour, good, help, right, benevolence, giving, good turn, kindness, service
Quotation:
There will always be a part of me that wants to do a movie musical. I feel like you’re doing yourself a disservice when you say something like that because you never know if that thing is gonna come along and be right, but I’d be lying if I said that that wasn’t true.
Anna Kendrick
Social Example:
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