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disutility

/dis-yoo-til-i-tee/US // ˌdɪs yuˈtɪl ɪ ti //UK // (ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪtɪ) //

不利因素,不利影响,不利于,不利

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of causing inconvenience, harm, distress, etc.

Examples

  • When more people use a given amount of consumers' wealth, values, measured in ultimate units of utility or disutility, rise.

  • The answer is determined by the balance of utility and disutility.

  • On the contrary, with the bringing in of disutility of production, we have the doctrine of the earlier English School revived.

  • The "total effective utility" of the producer's product equals the "total effective disutility" of his pains of acquisition.

  • The explanation of superstitions must hold of all false beliefs, whatever their utility or disutility.