unservice

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ service.

Noun

unservice (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) neglect of duty; idleness; indolence; poor service.
    • 1624, Philip Massinger, “The Parliament of Love”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, 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;
    • 1901, Alfred Henry Lewis, Richard Croker - Volume 1, page 251:
      He was carving a fowl at the time; and with a blade of blunt unservice made but wretched work of it.
  2. Lack of work.
    • 1811, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers - Volume 8, page 99:
      The under-mentioned districts are to be Tenaka, or secured to me by your Highness, on account of the balances due to the Soucars through my means; biz. Vodearpollam, Aleanoor, Madura, Trichinopoly, and Terooputtyl and your Highness might at the same time pass order to the Amuldars and Moostadars, under service and unservice, in the said districts, for the produce of the Pasily 1210 and 1211.
    • 1906, Portsmouth (N.H.). Board of Instruction, Annual Report of the Board of Instruction, page 32:
      The cost of preparation for teaching is large, the cost of living is large, and under present conditions there is likely to be an old age of enforced unservice.
    • 2022, Souvik Pal, ‎Debashis De, ‎Rajkumar Buyya, Artificial Intelligence-based Internet of Things Systems, page 384:
      Figure 13b shows the rebalance performance over multiple days. We count the decreased unservice events since it is additive.
  3. Disservice.
    • 1974, Electronics - Volume 47, page 73:
      "In fact" he says, "it would be an absolute, tangible unservice."

Verb

unservice (third-person singular simple present unservices, present participle unservicing, simple past and past participle unserviced)

  1. To disconnect from service; to decommission.
    • 1968, The Handbook for the Military Family, page 34:
      [] has unserviced the appliances and has removed trash and debris before you sign.
    • 1971, United States. Army. Military Traffic Management Command title=Personal property traffic management regulation - Issue 10, (Please provide the book title or journal name), pages 4-6:
      Were appliances properly unserviced as required?
    • 1974, California Public Utilities Commission, General Order - Issues 136-138, page 5:
      Upon request of shipper, owner, or consignee of the goods, carrier will, subject to (2) below, service and unservice such articles as stoves, automatic washers, and dryers at origin and destination.