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disserve

[dis-surv] / dɪsˈsɜrv /


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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

By an odd chance and counter-chance, the edition which served for this last perusal, after threatening to disserve its text, had an exactly contrary result.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

“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

Survivors long disserved by formal institutions are turning away from systems that too readily dismiss them.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2022

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

I question if these barbed words, Sir Knight, Alighted so, as to have much disserved you.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by William Taylor

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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