uneconomical
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5.6
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˌɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl/
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ineficiente
- If schools are to engage students in ambitious and creative projects, it is uneconomical to buy such expensive equipment.
- makes it uneconomical
- became uneconomical
Examples
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Poorer people may have fewer options, but most of those I knew and know make uneconomical choices, and they make them often.
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Investing in solar panels can be uneconomical for households that do not use much electricity.
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The high cost of energy has made thermal desalination uneconomical for most parts of the world.
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When that didn't happen, it became uneconomical, especially with the uncertain licensing procedures, to invest in nuclear power, he said.
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All previous airliners were uneconomical to operate, and early airlines depended on government subsidies to stay in business.
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Also, the short stay of an average period of three years under current PCS policy makes home ownership uneconomical because capital appreciation over this short average period is insufficient to recover the substantial closing costs during this short stay.
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Applications that are I/O intensive, which in astronomy often involve processing large quantities of image data, are, however, uneconomical to run because of the high cost of data transfer and storage.
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In fact, the flat fee structure made it uneconomical for studios to hire high-salaried stars for these films, since budgets needed to be kept low enough to show a profit after the fees were received (Taves 314).
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"We used to pay a hauler to remove the 50 gallons of floor mopping waste we generated, but that became uneconomical when we expanded our operation," said Mark McFarland, plant engineer and maintenance supervisor at R.W. Screw.
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It is often considered uneconomical to run a business without a proper budget and financial plan.
Synonyms
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3.5
Not using time, work, or money well
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3.0
Using more money or things than you need
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Not making money for a person or business
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Not making enough money to be worth doing
Antonyms
How Economical
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3.0
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3.9
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Surface Forms
Morphology
uneconomical = economical (transparent) = un + economy + ical
Adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'economical' straightforwardly yields 'not cost-effective'.
Etymology
Uneconomical is made of the parts un- ('not') and economical, from the common word economy which means 'careful use of money or resources'. So, uneconomical literally means 'not careful with money or resources', which is why it describes something wasteful or not cost-effective.