Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DISSERVICE
disservice, ill service, ill turn
(noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly; āhe did them a disserviceā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disservice (countable and uncountable, plural disservices)
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
Verb
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
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