diseconomy /; AmE / noun [C, usually pl., U] (plural diseconomies)

(Economics )

a financial or economic disadvantage such as increases in cost; sth that produces an increase in cost:

Urban diseconomies are the financial and social burdens arising from location in a major urban area.

Further demands on such areas may actually begin to produce diseconomies in the form of increased congestion and ‘overheating'.

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