disutilityn.
/dɪsjuːˈtɪlɪti/ The opposite of utility; injuriousness, harmfulness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [noun]
grievousness1303
noyfulnessa1398
fatality1490
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
offensiveness1618
disserviceableness1635
injuriousness1649
fatalness1652
noxiousness1655
prejudicialness1655
deleteriousness1758
vice1837
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality
loathnessc1175
grievousness1303
malicea1382
noyfulnessa1398
mischievousness1567
harmfulnessa1586
balefulness1590
illnessc1595
hurt1608
hurtfulness1611
mischief1646
noxiousness1655
deleteriousness1758
maleficence1796
vice1837
bale-fire1855
disutility1879
nocuousness1894
disvalue1925
1879 W. S. Jevons Theory Polit. Econ. (ed. 2) iii. 63 For the abstract notion, the opposite or negative of utility, we may invent the term ‘disutility’, which will mean something different from inutility, or the absence of utility. It is obvious that utility passes through inutility before changing into disutility, these notions being related as +, 0 and −.
1886 Academy 22 May 355/3 The fatigues of the evening lecture painfully illustrated the Jevonian theory of the ‘final disutility’ of labour.
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