Example Sentences

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Manufacturers could slow down rather than operate uneconomically.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"As prices continue to go up and then the higher pricing extends, the other members are likely to be forced to stop production due to uneconomically high energy costs."

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2021

The interface has often befuddled users, burying tasks under submenus and uneconomically using large swaths of space to feature memory-hogging images.

From The Verge • Oct. 5, 2017

Agricultural workers should move into factories and the number of "uneconomically small farms" should be reduced.

From Time Magazine Archive

Owing, however, to the fact that areas and powers are still somewhat uneconomically distributed it represents a smaller actual working power than would be given by the plan which I suggest.

From Human Nature in Politics Third Edition by Wallas, Graham