Unconserving

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That does not conserve.

    "In the community at large, as in the cities, patterns of transport have evolved which no one particularly intended and which have turned out to be inordinately costly and unconserving. Road users never pay their full costs."

Example

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"In the community at large, as in the cities, patterns of transport have evolved which no one particularly intended and which have turned out to be inordinately costly and unconserving. Road users never pay their full costs."

Etymology

From un- + conserving.

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