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Recent Examples of uneconomic
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneconomic
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China exports heavily to U.S. markets, and Trump’s tariffs on China—which rose to a prohibitive 145% before being temporarily lowered to 30%—left many Chinese and American businesses in a state of uncertainty.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
27 June 2025
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While a growing number of listings sit idle in the United States' housing market, as buyers are kept on the sidelines by sky-high prices and prohibitive borrowing costs, multimillion-dollar homes are still going under contract in some of the most expensive parts of the country.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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The shortage is one reason people and businesses have fled as housing in popular cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles is unaffordable to the vast majority who want to live and work there.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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So, many affordable best-selling nameplates that are imported or manufactured with foreign parts will suddenly become unaffordable for the average American consumer.—
Charles Singh,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The Biden-era Justice Department, Washington, D.C., and six states sued in 2021, arguing the alliance violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust law that prohibits unreasonable restraints on competition.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
30 June 2025
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The post garnered hundreds of responses with the majority of commenters arguing that her critique of her friend was unreasonable.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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Joseph also notes allegations circulating on social networks and in local press reports about the exorbitant amount council members are being paid, along with their wives.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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Scott Stringer Stringer has promised to hire 3,000 more cops, deploying more officers to the subway and using reforms to reduce exorbitant overtime costs.—
Téa Kvetenadze,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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An absolutely massive ranch just an hour from Salt Lake City could become one of the most expensive properties ever sold in Utah. Sheep Creek Canyon Ranch in Morgan County, all 7,000-plus acres of it, has just hit the market for an incredible $72.5 million.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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Conversely, the league’s second-most expensive team in terms of salary, Toronto FC ($34,146,193) is second-worst in the Eastern Conference and third-worst in the league in terms of points (just 13 in 17 games).—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
25 June 2025
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Incredibly costly, tapestries were a status symbol for the wealthy, notably, the nobility and royalty, and used in their public and private spaces, from dining and gathering rooms to bed chambers.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025
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Similarly, our transit system — the CTA, Pace and Metra — needs an overhaul, but not through costly projects like the $1 billion-per-mile Red Line expansion.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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The Senate's steeper cuts to Medicaid are likely to irritate moderates while the higher price tag could alienate conservatives.—
Caitlin Yilek
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Challenges need to be overcome, such as insufficient quality of input data, limited historical data, lack of highly skilled data scientists and analysts, regulatory compliance and steep adoption costs.—
Alexandr Khomich,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Interacting with other Substack writers can lead to valuable cross-promotion opportunities.—
Jane Hanson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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As the craft of writing is degraded by A.I., original writing has become a valuable resource for training language models.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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“Uneconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneconomic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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