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Uneconomical   /ənˌɛkənˈɑmɪkəl/   Listen
Uneconomical

adjective
1.
Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials.  Synonym: wasteful.  "Wasteful duplication of effort" , "Uneconomical ebb and flow of power"
2.
Wasteful of resources.  Synonym: uneconomic.






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"Uneconomical" Quotes from Famous Books



... through foreclosure of our small homes and our farms. It can be helped by insistence that the Federal, the State, and the local governments act forthwith on the demand that their cost be drastically reduced. It can be helped by the unifying of relief activities which today are often scattered, uneconomical, unequal. It can be helped by national planning for and supervision of all forms of transportation and of communications and other utilities that have a definitely public character. There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it ...
— Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address • Franklin Delano Roosevelt



Words linked to "Uneconomical" :   wasteful, inefficient



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