disutility

American  

[dis-yoo-til-i-tee] / ˌdɪs juˈtɪl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the quality of causing inconvenience, harm, distress, etc.

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disutility British  

/ ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ /

noun

1. economics Compare utility

   1. the shortcomings of a commodity or activity in satisfying human wants

   2. the degree to which a commodity or activity fails to satisfy human wants

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Etymology

Origin of disutility

First recorded in 1875–80; dis- ¹ + utility

Example Sentences

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disutility

The authors use bland economic jargon to describe that quandary: “The disutility of work would have to be very high” to outweigh work’s financial benefits.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018

The second classical postulate Keynes identified was that the "real wage is equal to the marginal disutility of labour".

From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2010

However, at the highest levels of productivity, labour again becomes a relative disutility.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

Yet of monopolized products as of others our rule holds good; they sell according to the disutility of the terminal social labor expended in order to acquire them.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)

It has been emphatically repudiated by Böhm-Bawerk, so far as the disutility equilibrium is concerned.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.