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Recent Examples of uneconomic
But since only female trees bear fruit, a 50–50 gender ratio is uneconomical to say the least.
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Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 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
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
Indeed, carbon capture is no longer seen just as an uneconomic science project.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 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
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
Indeed, carbon capture is no longer seen just as an uneconomic science project.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneconomic
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Those companies can therefore keep poorer people out of their insurance pools by charging them unaffordable rates, Poe said, and then those insurers can be less aggressive on investigating fraud and policy misrepresentations.—
JC Reindl,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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All the while, wages haven’t grown at the same pace as home appreciation, making buying a house feel even more unaffordable.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Adding another big contract would have been prohibitive ahead of an offseason where the Ravens will want to pay center Tyler Linderbaum, nose tackle Travis Jones, tight end Isaiah Likely and several others.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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But shouldn’t said costs sometimes be prohibitive?—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Civil Code Section 4740 grandfathers rental prohibitions, while Section 4741 bans rental prohibitions and unreasonable restrictions.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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But this is perhaps an artificial high tempo, dictated by an unreasonable number of substitutes.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Protesters who spoke with Reuters railed against the extortion and violence common in Michoacán, where lemon and avocado farmers are often forced to pay exorbitant bribes to drug trafficking groups.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Gone are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and instead Rebirth follows Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett who’s offered an exorbitant amount of money to go collect some dino blood.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2025
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The Dodgers, with baseball's biggest payroll, have used their financial ability to pluck some of the most sought-after and most expensive free agents on the market.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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And while Starbucks’ store format is expensive to upkeep, customers have become less willing to pay higher prices for its drinks since the COVID pandemic and ongoing economic downturn.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Unfortunately, Disney is proposing costly economic terms that would raise prices on YouTube TV customers and give our customers fewer choices, while benefiting Disney’s own live TV products - like Hulu + Live TV and, soon, Fubo.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
31 Oct. 2025
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But several costly mistakes on offense rendered all of Miami’s one-sided statistics irrelevant as Brooks pointed out.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Best Early Black Friday Target Kitchen Deals The sale brings steep discounts to top kitchen brands like Ninja, Keurig, and KitchenAid.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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His mental health went into a steep decline.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Seals made of these exotic stones were extra valuable, so only the elite could afford them.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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The event will honor military veterans, first responders and more, with awards including the young patriot award, Benjamin Hall’s honor award, T2T Stephen Courage Siller award, salute to service award, most valuable patriot award, heroism award and patriot of the year award.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Uneconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneconomic. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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