Definition of disutility in English:
disutility
noun ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪtiˌdɪsjuˈtɪlədi
mass nounEconomics The adverse or harmful effects associated with a particular activity or process, especially when carried out over a long period.
Example sentencesExamples
- He then considers realistic cases in which means are not free gifts of nature and so the utility of goods must be balanced by the disutility of effort.
- The approach recognizes a number of components of opportunity cost and relative disutility.
- Workers will accept this wage if it at least offsets the marginal disutility of work.
- Work in Mechanics corresponds to disutility in Economics.
- This could be represented by, for example, an increasing marginal disutility of travel time.
Definition of disutility in US English:
disutility
nounˌdɪsjuˈtɪlədiˌdisyo͞oˈtilədē
Economics The adverse or harmful effects associated with a particular activity or process, especially when carried out over a long period.
Example sentencesExamples
- He then considers realistic cases in which means are not free gifts of nature and so the utility of goods must be balanced by the disutility of effort.
- Workers will accept this wage if it at least offsets the marginal disutility of work.
- This could be represented by, for example, an increasing marginal disutility of travel time.
- The approach recognizes a number of components of opportunity cost and relative disutility.
- Work in Mechanics corresponds to disutility in Economics.