uneconomic

Speech parts

1. uneconomic - Adjective

2. uneconomic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

wasteful of resources

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Synonyms

uneconomical prodigal expensive costly inefficient extravagant worthless wasteful exorbitant spendthrift nonprofit unprofitable impracticable profligate improvident
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Antonyms

pennyworth budget efficient accessible cheap inexpensive
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Examples

It 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Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.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

Close letter words and terms

uneclipsed unecological unecologically uneconomical uneconomically uneconomicalness