disserviceable

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adjective

Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.

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Meanings

adjectivedisserviceable (comparative more disserviceable, superlative most disserviceable)

comparative more disserviceable · superlative most disserviceable

  1. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.

    […]if there be any one supernumerary, or weak, or any-wise disserviceable[…]

    1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

Origin

From dis- + serviceable.

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APA

disserviceable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disserviceable

MLA

“disserviceable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disserviceable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disserviceable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disserviceable.

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