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disserved

disserved is the simple past and past participle of disserve.

Meaning of disserve

Verb

disserve (third-person singular simple present disserves, present participle disserving, simple past and past participle disserved)

  1. To treat poorly; to do a disservice to
    • They are an excellent group of journalists, and over the last five years the executives manhandling their newspaper have disserved them at every turn.1988 August 12, Michael Miner, “Cop and Writer; Manhandling the Sun-Times”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about disserved

What is disserved the simple past and past participle of?
Disserved is the simple past and past participle of disserve.

Words near disserved in the dictionary

  1. Disserth
  2. Disserth and Trecoed
  3. disserting
  4. disserts
  5. disserve
  6. disserved
  7. disserves
  8. disservice
  9. disserviceable
  10. disserviceably
  11. disserviced

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