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adjective

Definition of overpricednext
as in expensive

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overpriced

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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
  • But two years ago, Schrager announced his departure from Marriott to expand his own brand, Public, a less expensive lifestyle hotel focused on inclusivity and uniqueness at more accessible rates than Marriott’s Edition.
    Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • While some basic tools for managing digital accounts after death are free, more advanced services can be expensive.
    Patrick van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of expensive
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, Hawaii has long struggled with exorbitant housing costs.
    Tom Joyce | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In response to growing concerns about exorbitant executive salaries, U.S. lawmakers implemented a cap on the tax deductibility of these payments.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of exorbitant
Adjective
  • As home prices remain near their pandemic highs and mortgage rates are expected to linger around the 6 percent mark throughout 2025 despite likely interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, homeownership will continue to be an unaffordable dream for many Americans this year.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, being adequately insured has proven difficult for many Californians, where homeowners’ insurance had already become unaffordable for some before the LA wildfires hit this month and where insurers declined to renew nearly 3 million homeowners’ policies, which included fire coverage.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of unaffordable
Verb
  • This number has been slightly inflated to include preview screenings.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Dec. 2024
  • These disks, 5 millimeters in diameter and 265 microns thick, were then placed over an inflatable membrane, inflated like a balloon to form a dome, magnetized, and returned to their original flat state.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of inflated
Adjective
  • The prohibitive influence Tehran once wielded over the structure of the Lebanese government is diminished, perhaps to the point of negligibility.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025
  • While this is a worthwhile investment for emergency room doctors deciding whether to admit a sick infant or send them home, such costs are often prohibitive for ordinary physicians.
    David Cox, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibitive
Adjective
  • Benn’s game declined after playing a net-front role in Dallas, and his pricey contract only complicated things.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The investment firm said T-Mobile’s growth in key metrics is slowing at a time when the company is trading at a pricey premium to its major competitors, increasing the risk for the stock.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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
  • In the comments, many people criticized the niece for disregarding her uncle's feelings and making an unreasonable request.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Most Canadians supported the move and opposed the weekslong blockades, but the Federal Court of Canada ruled last year that the use of the powers was unreasonable.
    Amanda Coletta The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of unreasonable
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