ultracheap

adjective

Definition of ultracheapnext
as in supercheap

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Recent Examples of ultracheap The biggest hurdle will come in late June, when banks will have to pay back about 478 billion euros, equivalent to some $525 billion, of ultracheap loans to the central bank. — Chelsey Dulaney, wsj.com, 19 Apr. 2023 An era of ultracheap debt is over in Washington as higher borrowing costs widen the U.S. deficit and fuel a partisan clash over raising the debt ceiling and how much borrowing could be too much. — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023 First, fraudsters load up on ultracheap shares of a small stock hardly anyone trades. — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultracheap
  1. supercheap
  2. worthless
  3. wholesale
Adjective
  • Mortgages rates are too elevated at 7% to stay there, and hence the bonds that back them are supercheap.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2022
Definition of supercheap
Adjective
  • Still, Twain squandered his own fortune and Livy’s inheritance on developing Paige’s invention, even as the Mergenthaler Linotype became the industry standard, rendering Paige’s machine worthless.
    — Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Bitcoin is either digital gold or worthless.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Definition of worthless
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  • The utility attributed the higher costs to broader market dynamics, including more expensive wholesale electricity and growing demand from large users such as manufacturers and data centers across PJM’s 13-state grid.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Prosecutors allege the companies conspired for years to manipulate industry price benchmarks that influence wholesale egg prices nationwide.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Definition of wholesale

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