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adjective

Definition of overpricednext
as in expensive

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verb

past tense of overprice
as in overvalued

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
  1. expensive
  2. exorbitant
  3. unaffordable
  4. inflated
  5. prohibitive
  6. pricey
  7. uneconomic
  8. unreasonable
Adjective
  • In her youth, Susan’s hair was the stuff of legend: that elusive strawberry blonde shade that usually requires an expensive colorist's help.
    Monica Ainley, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The least expensive gas is in Georgia’s northern neighbor.
    Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of expensive
Adjective
  • Despite Fed Cuts, Many Store Credit Cards Are Still Charging Customers Extreme Interest Rates Many credit cards offered by major retailers continue to charge exorbitant annual percentage rates, despite moves by the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in the economy.
    Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In addition to the exorbitant number of people traveling, the weather this holiday season may pose an issue to many.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of exorbitant
Adjective
  • Hospital and pharmaceutical charges are unaffordable.
    Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Ford has confirmed Ontario is contemplating restricting electricity exports to the three states and said that would make electricity unaffordable for Americans.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of unaffordable
Verb
  • Balloons for miles, inflated with love.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The 50-yard TD run in garbage time inflated the stats but De’Von Achane has been a solid pick.
    Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of inflated
Adjective
  • For charging companies, pricey urban real estate and prohibitive installation costs can make DC chargers a non-starter.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
  • While one source said the legal action is ongoing, the litigation is not creating any prohibitive financial distress for VREG.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of prohibitive
Adjective
  • Most sports fans have grown to expect food at their favorite team's stadium to be pricey.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Short of Congress stepping in to mandate changes or fund the kind of pricey studies to fill the gaps from previous research, Keefe said the agency faced more pressing public health priorities for its limited food budget.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of pricey
Adjective
  • The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.
    Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
  • Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.
    WSJ, WSJ, 2 June 2023
Definition of uneconomic
Adjective
  • Left in the dust ‘Cruise’ driverless robot taxis are seen at a parking lot as California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revokes its self-driving car permit and citing ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ in San Francisco, California, USA on October 24, 2023.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To determine whether those amounts posed an unreasonable risk of harm, the agency compared them to a specific benchmark — the highest concentration of formaldehyde measured by government monitors in outdoor air between 2015 and 2020.
    Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of unreasonable
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