uneconomic
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Growing demand and rising prices could lead to producers going after hydrocarbon resources that are currently uneconomic to explore, Sawan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“We responded by curtailing uneconomic production, carefully managing working capital and using our market access to meet customer demand.”
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“California’s decision to keep this uneconomic and costly resource open is bad for taxpayers and worse for ratepayers,” Beard said in a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
“As gold prices go up, those that were uneconomic to mine, suddenly they can show profit margins,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025
In fact we have all the different types specified above—economic, uneconomic and illegitimate, both through misrepresentation and the harmful character of the subject matter.
From A Librarian's Open Shelf by Arthur E. Bostwick
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