disserve
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Another change would “cause substantial disruption and disserve the public interest,” the administration said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
To suggest otherwise, especially in these fractious times, is to disserve the electoral process.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2020
Bright also said the government was doing a disserve to Americans by playing down the possibility that it could take years to develop a vaccine that could be ready for mass distribution.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2020
Even with the potential benefits, Ricks still fears that the proliferation of privately owned ride-sharing companies, which still privilege individual convenience over public good, might ultimately disserve communities.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2018
In short, sir, in seeking to disserve you, he had accumulated against himself a load of suspicions.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
“This omission disserved Times readers. The paper says its reporting was thorough and ‘in line with our editorial standards.’”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
This was a very curious decision that disserved readers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
That commitment has been disserved by today’s decision.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2020
Wilson’s embrace of the Confederacy disserved history in ways that were evident from the start.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2020
Wherfore, Holy God, putte him among thi beste belovede seyntes in thi blisse of paradys: for he hathe well disserved it.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt
Gray tried to appease several masters and ended up disserving and disgracing everyone, from the president to the bureau on down to himself.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018
We are serving the public but also disserving it.
From Washington Post
Miss Kennedy smirked, disserving, coral lips, at first, at second.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
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