uneconomical

Questions about uneconomical

What does uneconomical mean?

uneconomical means "inefficient in use of time and effort and materials". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in uneconomical?

uneconomical has 6 syllables: u-nec-o-no-mi-cal. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /əˌnɛkəˈnɑmɪkəl/.

What is another word for uneconomical?

Close synonyms include wasteful, uneconomic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is uneconomical a common word?

uneconomical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with uneconomical?

2 words rhyme with uneconomical. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.