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as in prohibitive
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Recent Examples of uneconomic
By effectively cutting Russia out of the global gas market, the war has made new investments in gas infrastructure appear more risky and uneconomic than ever, especially for developing countries.
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Pursuant to that mandate, the ACC forced Arizona Public Service to enter into a 30-year contract at an uneconomic rate of over four times the cost of electricity generated from natural gas.
—Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
Many of them are still dealing with the afterlife of their denial: billions of dollars of debt tied up in uneconomic coal plants.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
Some critics, notably the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Bureau, see grey water recycling as environmentally risky, damaging to public wastewater recycling efforts and uneconomic.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 27 Oct. 2022
Pursuant to that mandate, the ACC forced Arizona Public Service to enter into a 30-year contract at an uneconomic rate of over four times the cost of electricity generated from natural gas.
—Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
Many of them are still dealing with the afterlife of their denial: billions of dollars of debt tied up in uneconomic coal plants.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
Some critics, notably the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Bureau, see grey water recycling as environmentally risky, damaging to public wastewater recycling efforts and uneconomic.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneconomic
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Structural damage has made the landmark St. Peter Church on Franklin Square unstable, and the cost of repairs would be prohibitive, church officials said Monday.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Control of the Postal Service could offer additional ways to undermine elections, perhaps by raising the price of postage, so that the cost to the states of mailing ballots would be prohibitive, or by banning the automatic mailing of ballots to voters.—
Sue Halpern,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While renting remains cheaper than buying across the U.S., monthly payments are still unaffordable for many.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Childcare was already unaffordable, and providers were already barely scraping by, even before the latest fires.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Incomes here are higher than the state average, but not exorbitant.—
Andrew DePietro,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Park City just didn’t have enough movie theaters, and lodging prices had become exorbitant.—
Nicole Sperling,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Tidal Basin: The $113 million project — the most expensive NPS has ever designed — will replace 6,800 feet of sinking seawalls along the Tidal Basin and the Potomac and will add larger walkways.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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Why low-income households would pay more The products that will get more expensive for these households include food, clothing, energy and electronics.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Broadway is a costly, heavily unionized business and stars like Washington and Clooney don’t like to get tied up in the same project for months, let alone years.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Both problems made an appearance in Saturday night’s costly 121-115 overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Kaseya Center.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hop aboard one of the town’s white Volkswagen Beetle taxis to navigate the steep streets, or take the cable car to Hotel Montetaxco—a fine place for views of Taxco rooftops and to rest your head for the night.—
Meagan Drillinger,
AFAR Media,
28 Mar. 2025
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That was a slightly steeper decline than the one reported in a preliminary reading earlier this month.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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These shoes are so highly coveted and valuable that Sotheby’s hosted an auction to sell them.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Unbeknownst to them, one friend intends to rob the place, seeking a valuable antique.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Uneconomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneconomic. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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