of service

ADJECTIVE

instrumental

Synonyms

STRONGEST

involved

WEAK

active auxiliary conducive contributory helpful helping of help partly responsible serviceable subsidiary useful

Antonyms

WEAK

unhelpful useless

ADJECTIVE

useful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous appropriate convenient effective favorable fruitful good handy helpful practical pragmatic profitable proper suitable

STRONG

utile

WEAK

all-purpose applied brave commodious fit functional instrumental meet of assistance of use practicable propitious purposive salutary serviceable subsidiary suited toward

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awkward bad disadvantageous disagreeable harmful hurtful impotent improper inappropriate incapable inconvenient injurious misbehaving unacceptable unfitting unhandy unhelpful unproductive unskilled unsuitable unsuited useless worthless

WEAK

unusable unvaluable

Example Sentences

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Blake said he keeps his windows open because his air conditioner has been out of service in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Timofey Vaskin of Shkola Prizyvnika, or the School of Conscripts, said the demand to find ways out of service had "risen sharply".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The government spokesperson said it was a precautionary measure and it took the safety of service users and staff extremely seriously.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Kate Rees, assistant head of service for Healthwatch in Cumbria and Lancashire, said a lack of public transport and inconvenient appointment times contributed to the problem.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“But what kind of service did you expect if you've never ridden in a cab before?”

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

of service

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