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uneconomical

adjectivegeneral useuncommon/ɐ̃tikũnumiku/an·ti·e·co·nó·mi·co

Definition

1

Not economical; involving waste of resources, excessive costs, or lack of economic efficiency.

Usage examples

Keeping the factory running with such low output is clearly uneconomical.
That manufacturing process is considered uneconomical due to its high energy consumption.

Common combinations

uneconomical measureuneconomical practiceuneconomical system