disutility

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disutility

/ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪti/ US

noun disutilities

countable, uncountable uselessness, a lack of utility 1906, George Bernard Shaw, The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface Up to a certain point doctors, like carpenters and masons, must earn their living by doing the work that the public wants from them; and as it is not in the nature of things possible that such public want should be based on unmixed disutility,
countable, uncountable negative utility
countable, uncountable illbeing

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@misc{disutility_2026,
  title = {disutility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disutility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}