A privatized rail company could close the most uneconomic routes.
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Uneconomic
Synonyms for "uneconomic" (3 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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More general
2 entriesdescriptive adjectiveeconomic term
More specific
3 entriesinefficient processunprofitable venturewasteful practice
Collocations
5 entriesuneconomic decisionuneconomic investmentuneconomic policyuneconomic projectuneconomic return
Inflections
2 entriesmore uneconomicmost uneconomic
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2 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Since the modernisation plan was launched, the policy of withdrawing uneconomic services has been continued.
Source: wiktionary
Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
Source: wiktionary