uneconomic

British  

/ ˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪk, ˌʌnɛkə- /

adjective

1. not economic; not profitable

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Example Sentences

Manufacturers could slow down rather than operate uneconomically.

From The Wall Street Journal

The state’s oil production is set to fall further after a pipeline that carried crude from Kern County, the state’s most prolific oil region, stopped operating in December because declining flows made it uneconomic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Regulatory and permitting constraints make new landfills uneconomic.

From Barron's

“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

Bright said $200 billion in purchases isn’t “large enough to put significant downward pressure on rates, and buying at uneconomic levels eventually runs its course,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch