UNAFFORDABLE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

unaffordable

adjective

Definition of unaffordable

as in exorbitant

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Recent Examples of unaffordable But minority Republicans in the state House and Senate say local Democrats’ policies have done plenty to make Connecticut unaffordable. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 Much of the enrollment decline, experts say, isn’t due to eliminating fraud but because coverage became unaffordable after the end of the enhanced tax credits. — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2026 But for a sport the size of fencing, turning down attention is an unaffordable luxury. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Many affected people are located in resource-poor regions where dialysis and transplants are often unaffordable or inaccessible, which can increase the odds of premature death, Paidi noted. — Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaffordable

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Adjective

Prices may seem a little exorbitant, but the portions are more than generous.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
But the annual exorbitant expense is set to spike even higher next year as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration forecasts a $401 million price tag for such deals and verdicts in 2027.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of exorbitant

Adjective

Much harder than his Democratic rival and the prohibitive front-runner, Xavier Becerra.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Unless authentication and security technologies keep pace, the cost of proving that people and their claims are genuine will eventually become prohibitive.

— Joao Gomes, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibitive

Adjective

Quaise is developing the approach to reach superhot geothermal resources at depths and temperatures where conventional mechanical drilling can become difficult or uneconomical.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Canada, the United States’ largest trading partner, suspended trade negotiations in August after the administration introduced last-minute demands, which Prime Minister Mark Carney described as uneconomic and unfair.

— JONAS NAHM, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of uneconomic

Adjective

Then there’s the Tesseract, which takes the scooter formula and crams it with an almost unreasonable amount of technology.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
But several individually reasonable events, viewed together and over time, can tell an unreasonable story.

— Shahen Minasyan, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of unreasonable

Adjective

Narrowing the spread also weakens the incentive to steer patients toward costlier drugs and to acquire physician practices and infusion clinics — the very behaviors that have made care more expensive.

— Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
The problem is that these systems are slow, expensive and don’t scale.

— Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

Their expertise helps prevent costly complications and improves the efficiency of our health-care system.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
The fourth concluded with Willis’ second costly lost fumble in two weeks, after Dallas Turner beat Austin Jackson.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of costly

Adjective

The shoes’ steep pitch angle provides an aggressive, dramatic curve at the arch, delivering the Barbie feet effect.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
In some areas, the river is flanked on both sides by steep limestone cliffs, and up and down the region, people have to trek through inhospitable desert terrain to get to the nearest paved road or pass through Border Patrol checkpoints.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of steep

Adjective

The ethos of these few blocks, with all their overpriced swag and made-in-China Americana, is cheesiness.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
Both are sound strategies under the right circumstances, but neither can tell you whether a stock that’s down 30% is cheap, or merely less overpriced.

— byDoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of overpriced

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