disserviceable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dis- + serviceable.
Adjective
[edit]disserviceable (comparative more disserviceable, superlative most disserviceable)
- Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious.
- 1711, [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury], Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times:
- […] if there be any one supernumerary, or weak, or any-wise disserviceable […]