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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an act intended to help that turns out badly;
- Example: "he did them a disservice"
[syn: disservice, ill service, ill turn]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disservice
    n 1: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them
         a disservice" [syn: disservice, ill service, ill
         turn] [ant: service]