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uneconomically

uneconomically adverb: in a manner that is not economical.

Adverb

uneconomically (comparative more uneconomically, superlative most uneconomically)

  1. In a manner that is not economical.
    • So he went, uneconomically but expectantly, to the emergency room.2008 January 8, Elissa Ely, M.D., “Homeless, With a New Loss: Identity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2015

Forms of uneconomically

comparativemore uneconomically
superlativemost uneconomically

Origin of uneconomically

From uneconomical + -ly or un- + economically.

Questions about uneconomically

What does uneconomically mean?
Uneconomically means in a manner that is not economical.
What part of speech is uneconomically?
Uneconomically is an adverb.

Words near uneconomically in the dictionary

  1. uneclipsed
  2. unecological
  3. unecologically
  4. uneconomic
  5. uneconomical
  6. uneconomically
  7. uneconomicalness
  8. uneconomizing
  9. unecstatic
  10. unecstatically
  11. unecumenical

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