DISECONOMY Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

diseconomy

noun

Definition of diseconomy

as in wastefulness

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wastefulness

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Your hard truth is less likely to change her mind than to start an argument about the wastefulness of taking two cars.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
For all his wastefulness, those games have still brought 54 goals, a one-in-three ratio.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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