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disservicing

disservicing is the present participle and gerund of disservice.

Meaning of disservice

Verb

disservice (third-person singular simple present disservices, present participle disservicing, simple past and past participle disserviced)

  1. To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.
    • One librarian said, "I could double the circulation tomorrow by closing the periodical stacks and counting every time I handed out a magazine, but I would be disservicing our readers."1975, Sarah Katharine Thomson, Learning resource centers in community colleges

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Questions about disservicing

What is disservicing the present participle and gerund of?
Disservicing is the present participle and gerund of disservice.

Words near disservicing in the dictionary

  1. disservice
  2. disserviceable
  3. disserviceably
  4. disserviced
  5. disservices
  6. disservicing
  7. disserving
  8. disses
  9. dissettle
  10. dissettled
  11. dissettlement

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