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disamenity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English amenity English disamenity From dis- + amenity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A disadvantage or drawback, especially of a location
   • The noise and dust from the steel works created substantial disamenity for the nearby retirement home.
   • Nordhaus and Tobin (1972) introduced a “Measure of Economic Welfare” that combines consumption and leisure, values household work, and deducts urban disamenities for the United States over time. 2016, Charles I. Jones, Peter J. Klenow, “Beyond GDP? Welfare across Countries and Time”, in American Economic Review, volume 106, number 9, →DOI, page 2428 of 2426--2457:

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