1. uneconomic - Adjective
2. uneconomic - Adjective Satellite
wasteful of resources
Source: WordNetIt seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. Russell Baker
One trouble is that when Government gets into a business it tends to make it uneconomic for anyone else. John James Cowperthwaite
Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic. Theodor Adorno
Many branch lines (and a number of main lines) were closed because they were deemed uneconomic ("the Beeching Axe " of 1963), removing much feeder traffic from main line passenger services. Source: Internet
Steam-powered wagons were sold in France and the United States until the eve of World War I, and 1935 in the United Kingdom, when a change in road tax rules made them uneconomic against the new diesel lorries. Source: Internet
Some (small) retailers refuse to accept debit cards for small transactions, where paying the transaction fee would absorb the profit margin on the sale, making the transaction uneconomic for the retailer. Source: Internet