uneconomic

adjective

un·​eco·​nom·​ic ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik 

-ˌē-kə-

variants or uneconomical

ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mi-kəl 

-ˌē-kə-

: not economically practicable

uneconomic transportation routes

also : costly, wasteful

an uneconomic technology

Examples of uneconomic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Italian pasta could disappear from US shelves Italian pasta could largely disappear from US supermarket shelves as producers say 107% tariffs make exports uneconomic. —Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025

Studies show that even under optimistic scenarios, returning metals to Earth would remain uneconomic without major advances in throughput, spacecraft reuse, and automation. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025

Chevron bought Texas in 2001 for $36 billion at a time when the Permian position was considered a depleted afterthought before the shale revolution unlocked reservoirs previously considered uneconomic. —Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025

The rapidly dropping cost of inference means that use cases that are uneconomic today may not be six to 12 months in the future. —Jeffrey Hammond, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for uneconomic

• deuteronomic
• interatomic
• noneconomic
• physiognomic
• polyatomic
• adamic
• anomic
• atomic
• islamic
• meramec
• tokamak
• anatomic