Pseudoservice

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something offered or presented as a service that is not actually useful. countable

    "The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity."

  2. 2
    Formal or clerical rituals that are imagined to serve God, as distinguished from genuine good or pleasing actions. uncountable

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"The pushing of doorbells, the recording of “contacts,” and the requirement of monthly reports all add up to expensive pseudoservices. At best they constitute a costly but useless frenzy of activity."

Etymology

From pseudo- + service.

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