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

The defense network was ill-prepared for the hundreds of drones launched at the country, which both overwhelmed its few short-range defenses and forced it to counter in an uneconomic way. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026

Alternative routes may be nice to have, but will be uneconomic and are probably at least a decade away from completion. —Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026

When the cost of doing something falls, the total volume of doing it tends to expand even faster than the cost falls, because new use cases that were previously uneconomic now become viable. —Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Energy analysts said Exxon stock likely would have suffered if Exxon overcommitted to spending billions in Venezuela in its current, uneconomic state. —Jordan Blum, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026

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