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UK
/ʌnˌiːkənˈɒmɪkəl/
]
[ US /əˌnɛkəˈnɑmɪkəɫ/ ]
[ US /əˌnɛkəˈnɑmɪkəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- wasteful of resources
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inefficient in use of time and effort and materials
a clumsy and wasteful process
wasteful duplication of effort
uneconomical ebb and flow of power
How To Use uneconomical In A Sentence
- This price drop is leaving spring lamb production uneconomical and driving more people away from sheep farming.
- The Brahms was uneconomically packaged as it is spread out on four CDs with no fillers, but such musical weight surely does not demand stinginess!
- He was recently asked whether he had ever owned a SUV, the jeep-type vehicle renowned for its uneconomical performance, and he replied that he had not.
- Now it has emerged that the money spent on repairing him made it uneconomical to get a replacement this year.
- Exxon told the owner last year that it was "uneconomical" to keep supplying the station with gasoline and the oil giant wanted to remove its tanks, says Jeff Pinkava, the owner and a great-grandson of the station's founder. Oil Industry Braces for Drop in U.S. Thirst for Gasoline
- If permitted, these can effectively shut down a horse farm by zoning it into non-compliance with local laws or by making continuing operation uneconomical.
- In the free market, people are let go because changes in productivity or markets have made it uneconomical for their company to employ them.
- It would be uneconomical to send a brand new tape.
- He said it was uneconomical for millers to go in rural areas and mobilise maize and later transport it to urban areas.
- These allow successful prospectors to retain rights to mineral deposits which are uneconomical to exploit immediately.