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disserviceable

disserviceable adjective: calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.

Adjective

disserviceable (comparative more disserviceable, superlative most disserviceable)

  1. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.
    • […]if there be any one supernumerary, or weak, or any-wise disserviceable[…]1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

Forms of disserviceable

comparativemore disserviceable
superlativemost disserviceable

Origin of disserviceable

From dis- + serviceable.

Questions about disserviceable

What does disserviceable mean?
Disserviceable means calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.
What part of speech is disserviceable?
Disserviceable is an adjective.

Words near disserviceable in the dictionary

  1. disserts
  2. disserve
  3. disserved
  4. disserves
  5. disservice
  6. disserviceable
  7. disserviceably
  8. disserviced
  9. disservices
  10. disservicing
  11. disserving

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