negamile

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noun

A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.

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Meanings

nounnegamile (plural negamiles)

plural negamiles

  1. A proposed unit of saved travel, equivalent to one mile not travelled.

    By creating markets in negamiles and negatrips, society could discover what it's worth to pay people to stay off the roads[…]

    1999, Paul Hawken, Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution, page 281
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    [I]nstead of tolls, he talks about negamiles — paying people to stay off the roads, so they needn't be built and mended so much. So far, however, no negamile programs exist[…]

    1992 July, Popular Science, volume 241, number 1, page 96

Origin

Blend of negative + mile, equivalent to nega- + mile. Compare negawatt.

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negamile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/negamile

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