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- adjective financially
inefficient ,costly ,wasteful , or loss making
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- adjective wasteful of resources
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Examples
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Some would result from the ability of a number of foreign companies, currently forced by the tariff to maintain uneconomic manufacturing facilities here, to close down their plants, leaving the remainder far better placed to achieve competitive production.
Expanding TradeThe Positive Approach to Economic Growth 1963
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He believed the terms uneconomic and therefore unsound, but it was worth taking a chance on interpretation, a desperate venture perhaps, but anything to stop the blare and bicker of the council table and start the work of reconstruction.
An African Adventure Isaac Frederick Marcosson 1918
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All farms rated below £4, and a large number of those below £15, may be regarded as "uneconomic" -- that is, incapable by themselves of supplying
The Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers 1896
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It is these fees which tilt the balance and make the whole process of on-farm anaerobic digestion uneconomic, which is why there are so few plants in the UK compared with the continent.
The march of the Sefra Richard 2008
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The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of money supply measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural ecoregions and so-called uneconomic growth.
Auto and Automotive Classified Listings Online - Sell and Buy Cars and Trucks 2010
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This is what Herman Daly refers to as uneconomic growth ', or "growth that increases costs faster than benefits, thereby making us poorer."
MAKE WEALTH HISTORY Jeremy 2010
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'uneconomic' - and hence my dad had been given a lump sum to tie him over.
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That sounds somewhat compatible with Caplan's suggestion of a "council of economists" to rule certain laws "uneconomic".
Ballots Are Better than Bullets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In addition, De Alwis said Sigma was renegotiating terms with major customers to adjust "uneconomic" contracts.
Sigma Shares Slump on Loss Neil Sands 2010
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In addition, De Alwis said Sigma was renegotiating terms with major customers to adjust "uneconomic" contracts.
Sigma Shares Slump on Loss Neil Sands 2010
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