Meanings
adjectiveuneconomical (comparative more uneconomical, superlative most uneconomical)
comparative more uneconomical · superlative most uneconomical
- Not economical.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinefficient in use of time and effort and materials
Similar
adjectivewasteful of resources
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
- Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
- Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
- Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
- Proto-Indo-European*nem-
- Proto-Indo-European*németi
- Proto-Hellenic*némō
- Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
- Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
- Ancient Greekοἰκονόμος (oikonómos)
- Ancient Greekοἰκονομικός (oikonomikós)
- Latinoeconomicus
- Old Frenchiconomike
- Middle Englishiconomique
- Middle Englisheconomike, iconomique
- Englisheconomic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englisheconomical
- Englishuneconomical
From un- + economical.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German unökonomisch
- unökonomischnot economical
Greek αντιοικονομικός
- αντιοικονομικός (antioikonomikós)not economical
Cite this entry
APA
uneconomical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uneconomical
MLA
“uneconomical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uneconomical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uneconomical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uneconomical.
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