a. (UN-1 7.)
1869. J. D. Potts, in C. F. Adams, Jr. & H. Adams, Chapters of Erie, etc. (1871), 366. The ability to unjustly burden uncompetitive or local trade supplies transporters with strength to wage prolonged contests for other tonnage at less than cost of transport.
1885. Ruskin, in Pall Mall G., 2 March, 4/2. An English officer,… totally inexperienced in war,… uncompetitive in any manner of examination.
1886. Hissey, On Box Seat, 242. The shops are uncompetitive of course, and … provokingly uninteresting.
