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Meaning of disutility | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪti/

Definitions

  1. uselessness, a lack of utility
    countable, uncountable
  2. negative utility
    countable, uncountable
  3. illbeing
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“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, it may be admitted that doctors have their uses, real as well as imaginary.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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