uneconomic

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10

Definition of uneconomic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.
    “Since the modernisation plan was launched, the policy of withdrawing uneconomic services has been continued.”
    “Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".”

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Etymology

From un- + economic.

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