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The fall has cut into oil companies' margins and made many production areas uneconomic.
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These bills favor keeping 65-year old uneconomic power plants in operation for decades to come.
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By flooding the market from late 2014 on, the cartel hoped to drive oil prices so low that shale wells would be uneconomic.
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First Known Use of uneconomic
1840
UNECONOMIC Defined for English Language Learners
uneconomic
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adjective
Definition of uneconomic for English Language Learners
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: not making a profit
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