uneconomical

WASTE somethingusing too much effort, money, or materials to make a profit 不经济的，浪费的

Old vehicles are often uneconomical.

旧车往往很费钱。

—uneconomically /-kli/ adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

uneconomical• Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical.• Despite extensive flight testing and development, the project was considered to be uneconomical and was shelved in 1975.• That reduces the need for repeated herbicide applications that could make the process uneconomical for farmers.• Often these operators do one-off projects as these can be uneconomical for larger outfits.• At least, I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end.• And none of these solutions addresses the underlying problem: jobs are an inefficient and uneconomical way to divide work.

From Longman Business Dictionary

uneconomicalun·e·co·nom·ic·al /ˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪkəl, ˌʌnekə--ˈnɑː-/ adjectiveadj

using too much effort, money, or materials

Stockbrokers’ minimum commission charges can make small deals uneconomical for shareholders.

Some train routes became uneconomical to run.

—uneconomically adverbadv

Only a handful of goods traffic was being conveyed on these branch lines, uneconomically.

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