| 单词 | uneconomical |
| 释义 | uneconomical (once / 64587 pages) adj Leaving all your lights on all the time is an uneconomical, or wasteful. Rewriting this sentence using five hundred words would be an uneconomical, or inefficient, use of language. You may think you've made an uneconomical choice when you spend too much money on dinner, but sometimes the government gets criticized for being uneconomical with taxpayer money for spending several hundred dollars on a special type of paperweight or screwdriver that could have been purchased for much less. WORD FAMILYeconomical: uneconomical+/economic: economically, microeconomic, uneconomic/economise: economised, economiser, economises, economising/economiser: economisers/economist: economists/economize: economized, economizer, economizes, economizing/economizer: economizers/economy: economic, economical, economies, economise, economist, economize/uneconomic: uneconomically USAGE EXAMPLESThese actions could make it uneconomical for Carrier to shift production to Mexico and bring the completed furnaces back across the border. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) There is underground coal that could be mined, but it is being left in the ground because it is uneconomical to mine it. New York Times(Sep 28, 2016) Meanwhile, the fracking revolution made some planned and existing U.S. plants uneconomical. Wall Street Journal(Sep 18, 2016) 1adj wasteful of resources Syn uneconomic wasteful tending to squander and waste 2adj inefficient in use of time and effort and materials uneconomical ebb and flow of power Syn wasteful inefficient not producing desired results; wasteful |
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