Crossword-Solution: DISSERVICE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Disservice | n. | Injury; mischief. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “DISSERVICE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bad-mouth the waiters? | 1 answer |
| Company that composes insults for its clients? | 1 answer |
| Present employment, on the street | 1 answer |
| ill service | 2 answers |
| Detriment. | 25 answers |
| disadvantage | 35 answers |
| inutility | 53 answers |
| Injury | 57 answers |
| good riddance | 61 answers |
| Toil | 62 answers |
| Wrong | 110 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DISSERVICE (5)
Lancelot had served you well by his good will and by his good knighthood, nor never had he done you any disservice whereof you might in justice have done him such shame; nor never will your enemies withhold them from you nor have dread of you save only through him and other your good knights.
Immediately after the conclusion of its trials, a specimen of the type was delivered intact at Lille for the Germans to copy, the innocent pilot responsible for the delivery doing some great disservice to his own cause.
SOCRATES: What, Anytus? Of all the people who profess that they know how to do men good, do you mean to say that these are the only ones who not only do them no good, but positively corrupt those who are entrusted to them, and in return for this disservice have the face to demand money? Indeed, I cannot believe you; for I know of a single man, Protagoras, who made more out of his craft than the illustrious Pheidias, who created such noble works, or any ten other statuaries.
There is nothing improbable in supposing that Plato may have extended and envenomed the meaning, or that he may have done the Sophists the same kind of disservice with posterity which Pascal did to the Jesuits.
But the main cause lies in the fact that under very simple conditions of life a high organisation would be of no service—possibly would be of actual disservice, as being of a more delicate nature, and more liable to be put out of order and injured.
Quotes with DISSERVICE (3)
Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. Self pity will destroy relationships, i…
I winked and locked my arm in Carter's, and we stood there, watching Dean stroll away." You know the guy's never gonna give up," Carter nudged me, letting out a sigh." We'd have really pretty babies, huh?""Yup. They'd be rad little Brangelinas, running around tearing the place up.""Yeah, you're right. My rejection is such a disservice to the world...
... the Cupcake Nation mentality - "Everyone's a winner!" - is so dangerous. When we try to protect the young from any vaguely uncomfortable ideas or encounters, we do them a grave disservice. Being tested by different viewpoints in my life, being sometimes offended or occasionally hurt, or even targeted, is a big part of what prepared me for the challenged I've faced in my career..,
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1991–2016).