Usually means: Harmful disservice or inadequate assistance.
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  1. ill service: Vocabulary.com
  2. ill service: Dictionary.com
  3. ill service: Rhymezone
  4. ill service: FreeDictionary.org
  5. ill service: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. ill service: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See ill_services as well.)

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noun:  an act intended to help that turns out badly


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