uneconomic

Adjective

uneconomic (comparative more uneconomic, superlative most uneconomic)

1. Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss-making.
   • Since the modernisation plan was launched, the policy of withdrawing uneconomic services has been continued.1959 August, “Re-appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 520
   • Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42