uneconomic

adjective

un·eco·nom·ic ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik

-ˌē-kə-

variants or uneconomical

ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mi-kəl

-ˌē-kə-

Synonyms of uneconomic next

: not economically practicable

uneconomic transportation routes

also : costly, wasteful

an uneconomic nuclear technology

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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future. —

Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024 Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs. —

WSJ, 2 June 2023 Free-market economists such as Milton Friedman decried the Bretton Woods system because capital controls conferred enormous power on national governments and imposed great inefficiencies on businesses, forcing them to engage in uneconomic transactions to evade the controls. —

Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 9 July 2021 Indeed, carbon capture is no longer seen just as an uneconomic science project. —

Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for uneconomic