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ILL SERVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ill service mean?
• ILL SERVICE (noun)
The noun ILL SERVICE has 1 sense:
1. an act intended to help that turns out badly
Familiarity information: ILL SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act intended to help that turns out badly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
disservice; ill service; ill turn
Context example:
he did them a disservice
Hypernyms ("ill service" is a kind of...):
injury (an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage)
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