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单词 uneconomical
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Definition of uneconomical in English:

uneconomical

adjectiveˌʌnɛkəˈnɒmɪk(ə)lˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪk(ə)l
  • Wasteful of money or other resources; not economical.

    the old buses eventually become uneconomical to run
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some were productive, to be sure, but more were uneconomical, and a few were simply fraudulent.
    • Some abattoirs do not provide a service for local outlets because it is uneconomical to interrupt large contracts to deal with individual producers.
    • These measures have effectively made investing in residential property in this country uneconomical, and have encouraged investment overseas as a result.
    • There are a number of constraints which make it uneconomical to use.
    • These allow successful prospectors to retain rights to mineral deposits which are uneconomical to exploit immediately.
    • Farmers are baffled about how to remedy natural animal behaviour and say the tax could make farming uneconomical.
    • He was recently asked whether he had ever owned a SUV, the jeep-type vehicle renowned for its uneconomical performance, and he replied that he had not.
    • In the US, however, despite the high paddy productivity, farmers find its cultivation uneconomical.
    • At the same time, renewable energies are denounced as uneconomical, with their potential marginalised in order to underscore the indispensability of nuclear energy.
    • He said it was uneconomical for millers to go in rural areas and mobilise maize and later transport it to urban areas.
    • Though the borough claims such a service is uneconomical, a best value review recently completed by the county council recommends developing park and ride around Bedford.
    • This price drop is leaving spring lamb production uneconomical and driving more people away from sheep farming.
    • Anything less than 250 acres means that, barring downward revisions of costs, it is uneconomical for the logger to harvest from the total parcel.
    • ‘It can't go much lower than that because then it's uneconomical to bring metal in,’ one overseas producer said.
    • Very low quality silage is not a suitable feed for cattle finishing where high performance levels are required as the amount of meal required makes the daily feed cost uneconomical.
    • In the free market, people are let go because changes in productivity or markets have made it uneconomical for their company to employ them.
    • This was considered insensitive and uneconomical.
    • It's uneconomical when the Scouts have nine other buildings they can use for meetings.
    • Now it has emerged that the money spent on repairing him made it uneconomical to get a replacement this year.
    • If permitted, these can effectively shut down a horse farm by zoning it into non-compliance with local laws or by making continuing operation uneconomical.
    Synonyms
    spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive

Derivatives

  • uneconomically

  • adverbʌnɛkəˈnɒmɪk(ə)liˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪk(ə)li
    • Storage space represents a cost, especially if the kit is bulky, uneconomically packaged with wasted space in the package, or if it requires refrigeration or freezing.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pushed from this position, the argument then became that they had existed but were uneconomically focused on heavy industry and were merely a source of loss.
      • The Brahms was uneconomically packaged as it is spread out on four CDs with no fillers, but such musical weight surely does not demand stinginess!
      • The only option to going under, in some cases, is to operate uneconomically.
      • Even the consolidation of the two lines would not necessarily resolve the difficulty, as pricing schemes would either uneconomically favor the terminal or intermediary points or discriminate unfairly among shippers.
 
 

Definition of uneconomical in US English:

uneconomical

adjective
  • Wasteful of money or other resources; not economical.

    the old buses eventually become uneconomical to run
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the free market, people are let go because changes in productivity or markets have made it uneconomical for their company to employ them.
    • Very low quality silage is not a suitable feed for cattle finishing where high performance levels are required as the amount of meal required makes the daily feed cost uneconomical.
    • These allow successful prospectors to retain rights to mineral deposits which are uneconomical to exploit immediately.
    • Some were productive, to be sure, but more were uneconomical, and a few were simply fraudulent.
    • It's uneconomical when the Scouts have nine other buildings they can use for meetings.
    • ‘It can't go much lower than that because then it's uneconomical to bring metal in,’ one overseas producer said.
    • He said it was uneconomical for millers to go in rural areas and mobilise maize and later transport it to urban areas.
    • This was considered insensitive and uneconomical.
    • Farmers are baffled about how to remedy natural animal behaviour and say the tax could make farming uneconomical.
    • There are a number of constraints which make it uneconomical to use.
    • These measures have effectively made investing in residential property in this country uneconomical, and have encouraged investment overseas as a result.
    • This price drop is leaving spring lamb production uneconomical and driving more people away from sheep farming.
    • He was recently asked whether he had ever owned a SUV, the jeep-type vehicle renowned for its uneconomical performance, and he replied that he had not.
    • Now it has emerged that the money spent on repairing him made it uneconomical to get a replacement this year.
    • In the US, however, despite the high paddy productivity, farmers find its cultivation uneconomical.
    • If permitted, these can effectively shut down a horse farm by zoning it into non-compliance with local laws or by making continuing operation uneconomical.
    • Anything less than 250 acres means that, barring downward revisions of costs, it is uneconomical for the logger to harvest from the total parcel.
    • At the same time, renewable energies are denounced as uneconomical, with their potential marginalised in order to underscore the indispensability of nuclear energy.
    • Though the borough claims such a service is uneconomical, a best value review recently completed by the county council recommends developing park and ride around Bedford.
    • Some abattoirs do not provide a service for local outlets because it is uneconomical to interrupt large contracts to deal with individual producers.
    Synonyms
    spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive
 
 
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