uneconomic
adjective
un·eco·nom·ic
ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik 
-ˌē-kə-
variants
or uneconomical
ˌən-ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mi-kəl
-ˌē-kə-
Examples of uneconomic in a Sentence
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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.
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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
By effectively cutting Russia out of the global gas market, the war has made new investments in gas infrastructure appear more risky and uneconomic than ever, especially for developing countries.
—Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Pursuant to that mandate, the ACC forced Arizona Public Service to enter into a 30-year contract at an uneconomic rate of over four times the cost of electricity generated from natural gas.
—Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
Many of them are still dealing with the afterlife of their denial: billions of dollars of debt tied up in uneconomic coal plants.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
Some critics, notably the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Bureau, see grey water recycling as environmentally risky, damaging to public wastewater recycling efforts and uneconomic.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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
By effectively cutting Russia out of the global gas market, the war has made new investments in gas infrastructure appear more risky and uneconomic than ever, especially for developing countries.
—Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Pursuant to that mandate, the ACC forced Arizona Public Service to enter into a 30-year contract at an uneconomic rate of over four times the cost of electricity generated from natural gas.
—Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
Many of them are still dealing with the afterlife of their denial: billions of dollars of debt tied up in uneconomic coal plants.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
Some critics, notably the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Bureau, see grey water recycling as environmentally risky, damaging to public wastewater recycling efforts and uneconomic.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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“Uneconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneconomic. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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