nuisance value

noun

: value, importance, or usefulness arising from a capacity to annoy, frustrate, harass, or injure

atolls and islands having a high nuisance value

—W. V. Pratt

the business of the minor parties is to develop so great a nuisance value that one of the major parties will take over their programs

—H. S. Commager

alert to opportunities to institute representative suits solely for their nuisance value

—G. B. Hurff

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