Definitions

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  • adjective Opposing the consumer.
  • noun A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ consumer

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Examples

  • This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.”

    Wonk Room 2009

  • This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.”

    Wonk Room » Insurer Mergers And Antitrust Enforcement 2009

  • The demonstration is an outgrowth of an article titled #OccupyWallStreet on Adbusters, a nonprofit anticonsumer organization that runs a magazine.

    Protest Closes Off Wall Street Roads Pervaiz Shallwani 2011

  • This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.”

    Wonk Room » Anti-Trust Law May Not Prevent Health Industry From Reducing Health Care Costs 2009

  • "The commission's proposal is anticonsumer and only in the narrow commercial interest of a handful of ailing flag carriers," said easyJet Chief Executive Andy Harrison

    Big Airlines to Get Respite on EU Rules for Airport Slots 2009

  • What has been overlooked is the anticompetitive and anticonsumer nature of the court's decision.

    A Court Ruling That Stinks 2008

  • (To do this, you have to break the copy-protection scheme -- an act that is specifically outlawed by the anticonsumer Digital Millennium Copyright Act.)

    Info With A Ball And Chain 2007

  • "Arbitration is a new approach in this context but necessary in light of recent anticonsumer Supreme Court precedent," he said.

    CNET News.com 2011

  • In 2009, some legislators, labor unions, pharmacies and consumer groups raised concerns about potentially anticompetitive and anticonsumer business practices by CVS Caremark.

    NYT > Home Page By REED ABELSON 2012

  • The interest groups argued in their petition that the F.C.C's blackout rule "supports antifan, anticonsumer behavior by professional sports leagues."

    NYT > Home Page By RICHARD SANDOMIR 2012

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