Definitions

uneconomical

ADJECTIVE

expensive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

costly extravagant fancy high lavish overpriced pricey upscale valuable

WEAK

an arm and a leg at a premium big-ticket dear excessive exorbitant highway robbery holdup immoderate inordinate invaluable out of sight plush posh pretty penny rich ritzy sky-high steep stiff swank too high unreasonable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

economical reasonable unimportant worthless

WEAK

cheap inexpensive low-priced moderate

ADJECTIVE

improvident

Synonyms

WEAK

extravagant heedless imprudent inconsiderate lavish negligent prodigal profligate profuse reckless shiftless shortsighted thoughtless thriftless unthrifty wasteful

Antonyms

WEAK

careful miserly provident thrifty

ADJECTIVE

unthrifty

Synonyms

WEAK

extravagant heedless imprudent inconsiderate lavish negligent prodigal profligate profuse reckless shiftless shortsighted thoughtless thriftless wasteful

ADJECTIVE

wasteful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

careless destructive extravagant lavish profligate reckless

WEAK

cavalier dissipative immoderate improvident incontinent liberal overdone overgenerous pound-foolish prodigal profuse ruinous spendthrift squandering thriftless unthrifty wanton wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful cautious economical saving

WEAK

thrifty unwasteful

Example Sentences

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This has proved uneconomical for its owners, whose profit margins are squeezed by Britain’s high industrial energy costs among other factors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Oil at $50 a barrel may be uneconomical for some.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

With the surge in gold prices, Winmill said new mines are coming online, while older ones that were uneconomical when gold was at $2,000 an ounce are looking to ramp up production.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

Structural damage discovered during repairs to HMS Northumberland means repairing the ship is now uneconomical, the MOD says.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

In addition, the largest domestic mammals interacted with domestic plants to increase food production by pulling plows and thereby making it possible for people to till land that had previously been uneconomical for farming.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Vocabulary lists containing uneconomical

Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 2

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uneconomical

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Vocabulary lists containing uneconomical

Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933), List 2