disservice

While it meant a lot that I was so concerned about people’s livelihoods, he said, we were doing the team a disservice by keeping a business going that wasn’t making a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Limiting your travels due to potential racial stigmas is doing yourself a disservice.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Suraci stressed that large carnivores, like any species, have inherent value beyond the services they provide to human beings -- but said that failing to make the economic case would be a disservice to them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Relying on a trailer would be a disservice to your soul, not to mention that watching it would spoil a couple of key comedic bits and cameos that are best seen within their intended context.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Failure to acknowledge the relevant differences, as well as their implications, would be a disservice to racial justice discourse.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

I think one of the big disservices of the justice system, and I know it sounds odd, is its mascot.

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022

One of the greatest disservices to students whose families include no college graduates is that too often private colleges tuition is oversimplified by being listed at sticker price.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016

All This in the Name of Fashion New York City Ballet’s gala on Thursday night managed to do disservices to both ballet and fashion.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2012

Public services were so badly administered that they were cynically called "public disservices."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is more profitable to attempt to balance its services and its disservices to the cause of women's suffrage.

From The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis

"When you have truly been disserviced and are understanding about it, you might get a free upgrade. Honey is sweeter, and appreciated more, than crap."

From Time ● Aug. 21, 2017