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English Dictionary: disservice by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disservice
n
  1. an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"
    Synonym(s): disservice, ill service, ill turn
    Antonym(s): service
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.
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