focuses on business activity and selling goods or services
文法句型
noneconomic + reason / factor / effect / value
be noneconomic
用法筆記
Often appears before nouns like 'reasons', 'factors', 'effects', and 'value'. It contrasts social, personal, moral, or historical concerns with questions of trade, industry, or money.
常見錯誤
They moved for economic reasons like staying near grandparents.
They moved for noneconomic reasons like staying near grandparents.
family ties are personal reasons, not money-related ones.
The bus route became noneconomic, so the company cut it.
The bus route became uneconomic, so the company cut it.
'noneconomic' means not about money or trade; 'uneconomic' means not worth continuing financially.