unconserving
Examples
“In the community at large, as in the cities, patterns of transport⟳ have⟳ evolved which no one particularly intended and which have⟳ turned out to be inordinately costly and unconserving. Road users never pay⟳ their full costs.”
“When nylon fishing nets reach⟳ a Southeast Asian village, the old net making is dropped. At its most extreme, such profoundly unconserving behavior results in the well-known havoc wrought on the cultures and economies of primitive people by contact⟳ with new goods, services and work⟳ brought in from outside.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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