disservice, ill service, ill turn
(noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly; “he did them a disservice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disservice (countable and uncountable, plural disservices)
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
disservice (third-person singular simple present disservices, present participle disservicing, simple past and past participle disserviced)
To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*serv"ice, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.]
Definition: Injury; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
