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as in prohibitive
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Recent Examples of uneconomic
The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.
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Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
Indeed, carbon capture is no longer seen just as an uneconomic science project.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
Free-market economists such as Milton Friedman decried the Bretton Woods system because capital controls conferred enormous power on national governments and imposed great inefficiencies on businesses, forcing them to engage in uneconomic transactions to evade the controls.
—Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 9 July 2021
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Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.
—WSJ, 2 June 2023
Indeed, carbon capture is no longer seen just as an uneconomic science project.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
Free-market economists such as Milton Friedman decried the Bretton Woods system because capital controls conferred enormous power on national governments and imposed great inefficiencies on businesses, forcing them to engage in uneconomic transactions to evade the controls.
—Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 9 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneconomic
Adjective
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People are describing empty markets, or markets where items are just cost-prohibitive and far too expensive.—
Kaity Kline,
NPR,
18 Sep. 2025
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With the most prohibitive debt burden across all generations and high rates of unemployment, young people are overwhelmed.—
Muskaan Arshad,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Charlotte home prices are becoming increasingly unaffordable, along with the rest of the country.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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Yet, over the past 15 years that medication has become increasingly unaffordable.—
Ana Santos Rutschman,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Russia is trying to paint Ukraine as the unreasonable party in negotiations, Ferris said.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Darryl Morin, national president of Forward Latino, a Latino advocacy group based in Franklin, Wisconsin, said the decision erodes Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These generous subsidies were always a wildly expensive and irresponsible fix for the exorbitant premiums that Obamacare itself brought about.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Most companies were growing like crazy and offering what at the time seemed exorbitant comp packages for new talent.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2025
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Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s e-mail newsletter turned e-commerce platform, monetized an all-natural life style, promoting raw-goat-milk cleanses and expensive organic cosmetics.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Drone dilemma The US excels at building large, expensive weaponry, but most American soldiers lack the know-how for fighting with unmanned systems.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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India's secondary market looks overpriced as compared to other emerging markets.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Not having to carry a soggy sandwich from the house to the office, or fork out for an overpriced meal deal, the study found that remote workers are also more likely to eat more fruit and vegetables, as well as more homemade meals.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By resolving payment mismatches, ESCROWPay™ aims to eliminate the costly burden of inaccuracies, lost checks, and refunds, a problem that has cost carriers millions each quarter.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins have shown some fight in their last two contests, nearly beating the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills, but costly mental errors led to losses in both games.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Low User Adoption Due To Poor Onboarding The primary hurdle is often low user adoption due to poor onboarding and a steep learning curve.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The hidden gem is packed with steep deals on cool-weather necessities at shockingly reasonable prices.—
Jamie Fischer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Uneconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneconomic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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