uneconomic

/əˌnɛkəˈnɑmɪk/ adj

Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.

Word Origin Economic comes from Greek oikonomia, literally 'household management' (oikos 'house' + nemein 'manage'). Uneconomic means 'not economic,' with the un- prefix. The same oikos root gives us ecology (study of the house/environment) and economy. So economics started as home economics!

adj Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.

Maintaining such a large empty building is highly uneconomic.

(形容词) 不经济的;浪费的;亏损的

维护这样一栋大型空置建筑是极其不经济的。

(adjetivo) antieconómico; poco rentable; no rentable; ruinoso [Financieramente ineficiente, costoso, desperdiciado o que genera pérdidas.]

Mantener un edificio tan grande y vacío es altamente antieconómico.

(adjectif) non rentable; déficitaire; peu rentable [Qui n'est pas rentable sur le plan financier ; qui entraîne des pertes, du gaspillage ou un coût excessif.]

Maintenir un si grand bâtiment vide est hautement **uneconomic**.

(Adjektiv) **uneconomic** *Adj.* – wirtschaftlich unrentabel, mit unverhältnismäßig hohen Kosten verbunden oder zu Verlusten führend.

Der Betrieb der alten Maschine ist auf Dauer **uneconomic** und sollte eingestellt werden.

(形容詞) 経済的に非効率な。費用がかかりすぎ、むだが多く、利益の出ない。

そんな大きな空きビルを維持するのは、まったく採算が合わない。

(adjetivo) antieconômico; improdutivo; não rentável; prejudicial; defcitário [Financeiramente ineficiente, custoso, desperdçador ou que dá prejuízo.]

Manter um prédio grande e vazio é altamente antieconômico.

Word parts: un + economic

Common collocations

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