disservice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an act intended to help that turns out badly
    ill turn; ill service.
    • he did them a disservice

WordNet

Dis*serv"ice noun
Etymology
Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.
Definitions
  1. Injury; mischief.
    We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913