unservice

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ service

Noun[edit]

unservice (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) neglect of duty; idleness; indolence
    • 1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger[1], published 1845, act 1, scene 5, page 152:
      And where you tax us for unservice, lady / I never knew a soldier yet, that could / Arrive into your favour;

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unservice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)