Meaning of ineconomy | Babel Free

Definitions

Lack of economy; waste (of resources, etc.).

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The sources of ineconomy in steam engines may broadly be classed under the two heads: failure to obtain⟳ indicated work⟳ from the energy of the steam, and dissipation of the indicated work⟳ in overcoming engine friction.”

“[T]he mouth of the salt-water creek was usually surging like⟳ a mill-race, but wasting its power—or so it had been—on transporting such things as jellyfish, leaves, and crocodiles. This waste⟳ had been the cause of great irritation to Mark⟳, who, though careless of most forms of ineconomy, could not bear⟳ to see⟳ the wasting of natural force⟳.”

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