anti-consumer

adjective

an·​ti-con·​sum·​er ˌan-tē-kən-ˈsü-mər  ˌan-tī- 

: not favorable to consumers : improperly favoring the interests of businesses over the interests of consumers

anti-consumer practices

Examples of anti-consumer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet the subject of AI draws a fierce social media backlash, as both gamers and some developers decry the use of such tools as inauthentic and anti-consumer. —Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 22 July 2025

This is a critical first step to scrapping burdensome, anti-consumer regulations. —Steve Pociask, Boston Herald, 12 July 2025

Democrats should recall last Nov. 5 the national electorate rejected such anti-consumer policies. —The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025

State-level protections, however, haven’t prevented cable and satellite TV companies from pushing a menu of anti-consumer policies nationally. —Dell Cameron, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2024

But just as this goal is now within reach, the FCC is pumping the brakes with this entirely counterproductive, unnecessary, and anti-consumer regulatory distraction. —Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-consumer

• antitumor
• pseudotumor
• boomer
• humor
• humour
• plumer
• rumor
• rumour
• tumor
• tumour
• consumer
• perfumer