It says that additional units of something adds less to total satisfaction than previous units of the same thing added.

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While total satisfaction may rise with more, it will rise at a slower rate, and we will reallocate our holdings to substitute something with higher utils of satisfaction at the margin for something else providing fewer utils.

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So the customers called back, with the result that total call volume increased and customer satisfaction fell.

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