disutility

n. 无用, 无效

发音

US /ˌdɪsjuːˈtɪlɪti/

词形变化

disutilities 复数 disutilities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    uselessness, a lack of utility

    可数 不可数

    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.

  2. 2.

    negative utility

    可数 不可数 金融
  3. 3.

    illbeing

    可数 不可数 哲学

词源

From dis- + utility.

来源:wiktionary