If you describe something such as an industry or business as uneconomic, you mean that it does not produce enough profit.
[business]
...the closure of uneconomic factories.
The company said the service was uneconomic.
Synonyms: unprofitable, loss-making, non-profit-making, nonpaying More Synonyms of uneconomic
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you say that an action or plan is uneconomic, you think it will cost a lot of money and not be successful or not be worth the expense.
It would be uneconomic to try and repair it.
Sending a replacement jet would have been uneconomic.
uneconomic in British English
(ˌʌniːkəˈnɒmɪk, ˌʌnɛkə-)
adjective
not economic; not profitable
Examples of 'uneconomic' in a sentence
uneconomic
Ministers have rightly been reluctant to force banks to make uneconomic loans.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Many hotel executives appear to have concluded that such astronomical turnover makes training uneconomic.
Davidow, William H. & Uttal, Bro Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon) (1990)
High costs and dwindling production from ageing fields have left large parts of the industry uneconomic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There must come a point when the price of filling up to get to your job makes it uneconomic to work.
The Sun (2012)
The low take-up of school dinners appears to have resulted in a service that is uneconomic.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At the other extreme we have the poverty trap that makes it uneconomic to take a low-paid job.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If they are right, that means more expensive liquefied natural gas and heavy oil projects become uneconomic.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Instead of the resolve of strikers weakening as the costs mount and the whole things becomes uneconomic, resolve strengthens.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
All this is likely to lead to less investment and less choice, as certain goods become uneconomic to produce.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Smaller lenders and building societies warn that the 50 per cent increase in capital charges against loans to house builders might make lending uneconomic.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You've got to make sure that audit doesn't become uneconomic for clients or unprofitable for audit firms.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Nobody predicted that a massive increase in oil and petrol prices would come in just a few short years, rendering those models increasingly uneconomic for many drivers.