ineconomyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From in- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) +‎ economy.^[1]

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɪniːˈkɒnəmi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈkɑnəmi/
• 韻: -ɒnəmi
• ハイフネーション: in‧e‧con‧omy

名詞

ineconomy (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ineconomies)

1. Lack of economy; waste (of resources, etc.). [from late 19th c.]

   Synonym: uneconomicalness

   Antonyms: economy, frugality

   • 1894 September 21, E. Tremlett Carter, “Motive Power and Gearing”, in The Electrician: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Electrical Engineering, Industry and Science, volume XXXIII, number 853, London: […] George Tucker, […], OCLC 989410563, page 593, column 2:

     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.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, “Heir to All the Ages”, in Capricornia […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton-Century Co., published 1943, OCLC 462159385, page 69:

     [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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Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “ineconomy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.