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disamenity

noun

Etymology

From dis- + amenity.

  1. derived from amoenitās
  2. derived from amenité
  3. inherited from amenite
  4. prefixed as disamenity — “dis + amenity”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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