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ineconomies

ineconomies is the plural of ineconomy.

Meaning of ineconomy

Noun

ineconomy (countable and uncountable, plural ineconomies)

  1. Lack of economy; waste (of resources, etc.).
    • The sources of ineconomy in steam engines may broadly be classed under the two heads: failure to obtain indicated work from the energy of the steam, and dissipation of the indicated work in overcoming engine friction.1894 September 21, E. Tremlett Carter, “Motive Power and Gearing”, in The Electrician: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Electrical Engineering, Industry and Science, volume XXXIII, number 853, London...
    Antonyms:
    economy, frugality

Questions about ineconomies

What is ineconomies the plural of?
Ineconomies is the plural of ineconomy.

Words near ineconomies in the dictionary

  1. inebriometer
  2. inebriometers
  3. inebrious
  4. inebriously
  5. inebrity
  6. ineconomies
  7. ineconomy
  8. ined.
  9. inedge
  10. inedges
  11. inedia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ineconomies (page history and authors); ineconomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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