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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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In addition to comparing housing costs to historic averages, ATTOM’s researchers found that the median home is unaffordable to average wage earners in 67 percent of counties. BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 Despite some believing that a move to a green economy is unaffordable, the fact that big finance has now started to push the net-zero agenda is a sure sign of a conviction that there is money to be made. Yec, Forbes, 22 June 2022 Electric cars are still unaffordable for most Americans, and new benefits offered in the Inflation Reduction Act may not really help, said Jack Ewing in The New York Times. The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Aug. 2022 Also, even with its lower costs, the service still may be unaffordable for some patients. Alena Botros, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2022 Yet this is simply unaffordable for the club in its current financial predicament, and De Jong's stubborn stance will give confidence to both Manchester United and Chelsea in their quest to snatch him away to the Premier PINC +2% League. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 On the one hand, the median listing price reached a new high of $450,000 in June — a figure that is unaffordable for many households. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2022 What looked like free financing, however, triggered a price explosion that made homeownership unaffordable for a broad swatch of America, and helped cause the worst housing crash since the Great Depression. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 July 2022 Combining green fanaticism with government power is simply unaffordable. The Editors, National Review, 12 July 2022 See More

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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