how to pronounce disservice

/dɪˈsɝvəs/

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disservice is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of disservice in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… he's done a disservice to what to london …”

meanings of disservice

noun:

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action. One renders young persons a disservice by heaping unearned rewards on them.

verb:

To disserve, to provide a disservice to; to provide harmful or inadequate service to.

disservice frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word disservice occurs in english on average 2.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics disservice can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that disservice can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;