| 词汇 | uneconomic |
| 释义 | uneconomic adjective uk /ʌnˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk//ʌnˌek.əˈnɒm.ɪk/ us /ʌnˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk//ʌnˌek.əˈnɑː.mɪk/(alsouneconomical, uk /ʌnˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk.əl//ʌnˌek.əˈnɒm.ɪk.əl/ us /ʌnˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk.əl//ʌnˌek.əˈnɑː.mɪk.əl/) Uneconomic businesses and industries are not making enough profit or are losing money: （企业、产业）不景气的，赚不到钱的，赔本的 They closed the factory, saying it was uneconomic.他们关闭了工厂，说它不赚钱。 The price of oil dropped so low that it became uneconomic to drill.石油价格跌到如此之低，开采变得不赚钱了。 Uneconomic processes or activities use more of something than is necessary, causing it to be wasted: （过程或活动）不经济的，浪费的 A large room sometimes represents an uneconomic use of space.房间大有时候说明空间利用不经济。 Synonym wasteful Wasting boondoggle dissipate dissipation down the drainidiom flabbily misspend piss piss something away prodigal prodigality prodigally profligacy spendthrift squander throw good money after badidiom throw something away toss toss something away unthrifty wasted You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Profits & losses uneconomic | Business Englishuneconomic adjective uk /ʌnˌiːkəˈnɒmɪk/us not making a profit: uneconomic for sb/sthIt is uneconomic for banks to offer wealth management services to those with funds of less than $50,000. The low-cost airline went into receivership after failing to stem losses from uneconomic routes. They had dropped the price to an uneconomic level. → uneconomical Examples of uneconomicuneconomic As a result they joined the legions of landless generational farm-labourers who sustained an uneconomic and heavily subsidised white-owned commercial agricultural sector. If the volume of milk handled by the delivery dairies falls, their operation will become uneconomic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can do that provided that we face the consequences in terms of high investment and the closure of uneconomic capacity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we do not require an economist or a mathematician to tell us that smaller runs of books are uneconomic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Beeching was not asked to deal with the social need, with industrial development, with congestion and with uneconomic working on the roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am convinced that that is a method of providing an immediate avenue out of the present uneconomic position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our view is, that under existing circumstances, and perhaps under any circumstances, a system of indiscriminate maintenance allowances is both uneconomic and demoralising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The practice of having small hospitals, with a small number of beds, dotted here and there about the country as separate entities is uneconomic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To take a small country, divide it, and then set up no less than three governmental machines is uneconomic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been told that it is proposed to take uneconomic pits into the amalgamated groups. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the great difficulties in agriculture in recent years has been the fact that the production of cereals has been uneconomic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not ask fishermen to fish for herring for oil at an uneconomic price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it will injuriously affect those interests, it is clear that the change of cultivation will be an uneconomic change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that there would not be the closing down of so-called uneconomic pits, if unnecessary costs were eliminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is selling his potatoes at an absolutely uneconomic rate, and there is little wonder that he is unable to make his farm pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of uneconomic These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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