disservice
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“I’m not trying to do a disservice to these other kids, they want to be great, too.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
"Those responsible have done a great disservice to this community."
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
One of the greatest disservices of “The Hurt Locker” is the impression that soldiers in Iraq were masters of their destinies.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
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
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