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n. The state or fact of being useless or counterproductive.

n. Something that is inefficient or counterproductive: an analysis of the relative disutilities of the two plans.

n. uselessness, a lack of utility

n. The state or quality of producing harm, hindrance, injury, or other undesirable conditions: the opposite or negative of utility.

"From the point of view of the workman, it is a 'disutility'; to work is to make a sacrifice of one's leisure and comfort, and wages are a kind of compensation for the sacrifice."

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