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inexpensive

in·ex·pen·sive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-ik-spen-siv]
    • /ˌɪn ɪkˈspɛn sɪv/
    • /ˌɪn.ɪkˈspen.sɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-ik-spen-siv]
    • /ˌɪn ɪkˈspɛn sɪv/

Definitions of inexpensive word

  • adjective inexpensive not expensive; not high in price; costing little. 1
  • noun inexpensive Not costing a great deal ; cheap. 1
  • adjective inexpensive cheap 1
  • adjective inexpensive Something that is inexpensive does not cost very much. 0
  • adjective inexpensive not expensive; cheap 0
  • adjective inexpensive not expensive; costing relatively little; low-priced; cheap 0

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Origin of inexpensive

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40; in-3 + expensive

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Inexpensive

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

inexpensive popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

inexpensive usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for inexpensive

adj inexpensive

  • reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
  • low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
  • cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
  • low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
  • modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.

adjective inexpensive

  • cheapo — Cheapo things are very inexpensive and probably of poor quality.

Antonyms for inexpensive

adj inexpensive

  • high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
  • unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
  • costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
  • dear — You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.

adjective inexpensive

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