unaffordable

adjective

un·​af·​ford·​able ˌən-ə-ˈfȯr-də-bəl How to pronounce unaffordable (audio)
: too costly to be paid for : not affordable
unaffordable tuition
unaffordably adverb
unaffordably high prices

Examples of unaffordable in a Sentence

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That’s because Mexican manufacturing prevents the cheapest car in the U.S. from being unaffordable or raspberries from being $50 dollars a pound in the winter. Alex González Ormerod, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024 Bellinger's salary is not unaffordable for MLB's big-spending teams. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Although surging national apartment supply helped soften pandemic rent increases, prices remain unaffordable for many. Sami Sparber, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024 Their objective is to drive up the costs of extracting, refining, distributing, and using oil, natural gas, and coal to the point that electric bills are unaffordable and the economics of investing in the industry no longer make sense. Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unaffordable 

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unaffordable was in 1825

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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaffordable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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