pseudoservice
pseudoservice noun: something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.
Noun
pseudoservice (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoservices)
- Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.
- The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity.2015, Edward J. Latessa, Paula Smith, Corrections in the Community, page 211
- Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions.
Forms of pseudoservice
| plural | pseudoservices |
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Origin of pseudoservice
From pseudo- + service.
Questions about pseudoservice
- What does pseudoservice mean?
- Pseudoservice means something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful.
- What part of speech is pseudoservice?
- Pseudoservice is a noun.
- What is the plural of pseudoservice?
- The plural of pseudoservice is pseudoservices.
Words near pseudoservice in the dictionary
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