Uneconomical describes a way of doing something that wastes money, time, materials, or fuel — the cost is too high for what you get back. An old car that drinks petrol is uneconomical to run.

Uneconomical不符成本、不划算（uneconomical） describes a way of doing something形容做某件事的方式 that wastes money, time, materials, or fuel浪費錢、時間、材料或油——the cost is too high for what you get back付出的成本比得到的還多。An old car一台老車 that drinks petrol很耗油 is uneconomical to run開起來就不划算。

Making just fifty copies of a book is uneconomical, because setting up the machines costs the same whether you print fifty or fifty thousand. Very often it appears as 'uneconomical to do something': uneconomical to repair, uneconomical to produce, uneconomical to keep open.

Making just fifty copies of a book只印五十本書 is uneconomical不划算，because因為 setting up the machines costs the same whether you print fifty or fifty thousand不管印五十本還是五萬本，機器設置的成本都一樣。Very often它常常 it appears as 'uneconomical to do something'以 'uneconomical to do something' 的形式出現：uneconomical to repair（uneconomical to repair）、uneconomical to produce（uneconomical to produce）、uneconomical to keep open（uneconomical to keep open）。

Now the part students really need. English has two close adjectives from economy and they do not mean the same thing.

Now the part students really need現在來到學生真正需要知道的部分。English有兩個 has two close adjectives from economy從 economy 衍生出來的相近形容詞，and they do not mean the same thing但意思並不一樣。

Economic is about the economy — the money system of a country: economic growth, economic policy. Economical is about not wasting — thrifty, good value: an economical car, an economical cook.

Economic（economic）is about the economy指的是經濟——the money system of a country一個國家的金錢體系：economic growth（economic growth）、economic policy（economic policy）。Economical（economical）is about not wasting指的是不浪費——thrifty, good value精打細算、划算：an economical car（an economical car）、an economical cook（an economical cook）。

So uneconomical is the opposite of economical, meaning wasteful. Its partner uneconomic exists too and tends to mean 'not profitable, not worth doing as a business'. In real use these two blur into each other and even native writers swap them, so do not panic about the line; but do keep economic and economical apart, because that pair genuinely changes your meaning.

So因此 uneconomical是 uneconomical is the opposite of economical economical 的反義詞，meaning wasteful意思是浪費的。Its partner uneconomic它的親戚 uneconomic exists too也存在，and tends to mean 'not profitable, not worth doing as a business'通常指「不賺錢、不值得當生意做」。In real use在實際使用上 these two blur into each other這兩個字常常混在一起 and even native writers swap them連母語人士都會用混，so do not panic about the line所以不用太在意界線，but do keep economic and economical apart不過 economic 和 economical 這一對要分清楚，because that pair genuinely changes your meaning因為這兩個字真的會改變意思。

One more thing: this word judges the method or the thing, not the person. A machine can be uneconomical. Calling a person uneconomical sounds strange.

One more thing還有一點：this word判斷的 judges the method or the thing是方法或東西本身，not the person不是人。A machine一台機器 can be uneconomical可以說 uneconomical。Calling a person uneconomical把一個人說成 uneconomical sounds strange聽起來很怪。