uneconomical
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Ultimately, a shell-company tax would render many deceptive corporate structures uneconomical and drive businesses into the sunlight of traditional business structures.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Oil at $50 a barrel may be uneconomical for some.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
It is being restarted in partnership with Rio Tinto’s RIO -0.33%decrease; red down pointing triangle Nuton venture, which uses microbes to strip copper from ores that are otherwise uneconomical to mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Leaks in the roof and a failure of the steam system meant it became "uneconomical" to keep repairing the space.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
In addition, the largest domestic mammals interacted with domestic plants to increase food production by pulling plows and thereby making it possible for people to till land that had previously been uneconomical for farming.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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