uneconomically

Definitions

In a way that is not profitable or does not provide a good return on investment.

In a manner that is wasteful or fails to make the most efficient use of available resources.

Examples

The factory was closed because it was operating uneconomically compared to its competitors.

He realized that repairing the old car would be done uneconomically, so he decided to buy a new one instead.

Synonyms

wastefully inefficiently extravagantly unprofitably improvidently lavishly

Antonyms

economically efficiently frugally profitably thriftily productively