Usually means: Not cost-effective; wastes money/resources.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word uneconomical:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. uneconomical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. uneconomical: Merriam-Webster
  3. uneconomical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. uneconomical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. uneconomical: Vocabulary.com
  6. uneconomical: Wordnik
  7. uneconomical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. uneconomical: Wiktionary
  9. uneconomical: Dictionary.com
  10. uneconomical: Rhymezone
  11. uneconomical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. uneconomical: FreeDictionary.org
  13. uneconomical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. uneconomical: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uneconomical: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (finance) not economical

Similar:
inefficient, uneconomic, wasteful, noneconomical, uneconomizing, unfrugal, improfitable, unlucrative, unprofitable, unfinanceable, more...

Opposite:
economical, efficient, cost-effective, thrifty

Types:
gas guzzler, gas saver, hybrid, electric, diesel, hybrid electric, solar, wind, hydrogen, more...

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Similar:
inefficient, uneconomic, wasteful, noneconomical, uneconomizing, unfrugal, improfitable, unlucrative, unprofitable, unfinanceable, more...

Opposite:
economical, efficient, cost-effective, thrifty

Types:
gas guzzler, gas saver, hybrid, electric, diesel, hybrid electric, solar, wind, hydrogen, more...



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