diseconomyn.
/dɪsɪˈkɒnəmi/ Economics.
The opposite of economy; an absence of economy; spec. an increase in costs arising when a business organization exceeds an ‘optimum size’.
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diseconomy1937
1937 Economica IV. 441 This fall may be caused by..large scale dis-economies.
1954 Encounter Dec. 30/1 Orthodox 20th century economists..have postulated certain ‘dis-economies’ of large-scale operation which ensure that a firm has an optimum size, growth beyond which again reduces its efficiency.
1960 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 31/1 Advantages of mass production have saddled us with the ‘diseconomies’..of mass storage.
1969 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 18/6 Early loss of recently-trained people to overseas employment..may have its dis-economies in a narrowly national sense.
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