UNAFFORDABLE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

unaffordable

adjective

Definition of unaffordable

as in exorbitant

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Recent Examples of unaffordable Without copay assistance, the medication that keeps my disease under control would be unaffordable. — Karen Arace, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026 Colorado, however, has been moving more quickly than other states in choosing medicines that are deemed to be unaffordable and proceeding with decisions to create upper payment limits. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 July 2026 In colonial India, the British monopolized the sale of salt, making this basic necessity unaffordable for many. — Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026 That price tag can be unaffordable for some beneficiaries, who may instead turn to private-sector Medicare Advantage plans offered by commercial insurers, or go without. — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaffordable

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Adjective

Major players like Uber and Microsoft report exorbitant AI spending, with budgets exhausted rapidly and little correlation to tangible value.

— Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
At face value, a $10 million rental is an exorbitant fee for a ruse.

— Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Definition of exorbitant

Adjective

Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Small and medium enterprises are now able to use AI for complex tasks like predictive supply chain management and personalized marketing, processes that were previously cost-prohibitive.

— Vaibhav Dani, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of prohibitive

Adjective

While attractive due to its proximity to strong local and regional gas markets, exploration for this gas has been sporadic in the basin since the mid-1980s, with experts noting pilot projects were uneconomic, temporarily abandoned or failed.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
The plant can respond more effectively to dynamic power input without drifting into unsafe or uneconomic operation.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Definition of uneconomic

Adjective

His certification is temporarily suspended due to excessive or unreasonable force from the incident, according to the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Your request for back-to-back weeks off at the last minute is unreasonable.

— Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of unreasonable

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But for Cubans like himself, who don’t have family in the United States, the service is so expensive as to be out of reach.

— Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026
But after a series of expensive hurricanes — Katrina, Sandy, Harvey — the National Flood Insurance Program went into debt.

— Brian New, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of expensive

Adjective

That marks a steep decline of 74% from the movie's already-poor $37 million debut, a much bigger drop than is typical for a summer superhero film.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 5 July 2026
In the tourney, Zellers had five goals and three assists in five games and made a steep climb up the depth chart.

— Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026

Definition of steep

Adjective

Not having to incur massive debt for an overpriced WBD frees up Netflix — and its pristine balance sheet — to pursue NBCUniversal in due time.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Chris Johnston’s trade board already highlighted some overpriced contracts that could be traded this offseason, including Darnell Nurse, Morgan Rielly, Adin Hill, Dougie Hamilton, Jesperi Kotkaniemi, and Elias Pettersson.

— Harman Dayal, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of overpriced

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