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disserves

disserves is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 disserves

What is disserves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disserves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disserve.

Words near disserves in the dictionary

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

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