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 nuclear technology

Examples of uneconomic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

High level indicators of risk include goods being received from unusually complex or apparently uneconomic supply routes, for example, regular supplies of UK produced goods that have been exported from the UK and then re-imported. —Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

No one is still drilling uneconomic wells just to hold onto leases. —Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

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. —Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024

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