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Meaning of joy-to-stuff ratio | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person's ratio of time spent enjoying life to time spent acquiring material goods.

informal

Examples

“It's more about evaluating the joy-to-stuff ratio in your life, and halting the hyperconsumerism that is creating excess debt, complications, and stress.”
“Philip Brewer […] advises increasing what he calls the joy-to-stuff-ratio and redefining guilty pleasures as shared social experiences that people can revisit together in a frugal manner.”

CEFR level

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

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