单词 | unecological |
释义 | unecologicaladj. Not ecological; esp. not in accordance with ecology, detrimental to the environment. ΚΠ 1962 Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. 5 266 If organisms or their parts are exposed to ‘unecological’ conditions, it may be difficult..to decide whether an adjustment is advantageous or not. 1976 N. Postman Crazy Talk 7 What is wrong with Orwell's advice is that it is unecological. It places language outside of any context in which it is used. 1993 F. Weldon in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 119 Serve them right for being richer than us, for sending their useless unecological spires into the godless sky. 2008 Daily Tel. 7 Nov. 38/5 Tanya Datta reports on the important and increasingly unecological role that soya plays in the global meat industry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1962 |
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