as in uneconomical
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Recent Examples of unaffordable
The scarcity of desirable land available for sale, combined with increasingly urgent demand, has led to prices unaffordable for most.
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Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
While renting remains cheaper than buying across the U.S., monthly payments are still unaffordable for many.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
However, in many regions, even where water is available, access can be unreliable and unaffordable.
—Matt Damon, TIME, 22 Mar. 2025
Childcare was already unaffordable, and providers were already barely scraping by, even before the latest fires.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025
While renting remains cheaper than buying across the U.S., monthly payments are still unaffordable for many.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
However, in many regions, even where water is available, access can be unreliable and unaffordable.
—Matt Damon, TIME, 22 Mar. 2025
Childcare was already unaffordable, and providers were already barely scraping by, even before the latest fires.
—Christine Ro, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffordable
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That won’t stop our trade partners from making these exorbitant numbers real, however, when many inevitably respond with matching tariff hikes in return.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Suddenly, advertisements start spewing from Amanda’s mouth that disrupt her life and threaten her job—and can only be stopped with an exorbitant upgrade from Rivermind Common to Rivermind Plus.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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Batteries make any home more independent from the grid, but here’s the catch: The cost can be prohibitive.—
Andrew Carpenter,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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Even if those calculations favor a heat pump, the upfront cost of switching can be prohibitive.—
Rachel Nuwer,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.—
Gordon Hughes,
National Review,
13 May 2024
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Car-makers have warned that U.K. electric-vehicle manufacturing may become uneconomic under the existing U.K.-EU trade deal, which from 2024 requires 45% of the value of EVs to come from the U.K. or EU to avoid tariffs.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
2 June 2023
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The words were harsh but the logic was not unreasonable.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This would not be an unreasonable proposition, considering the U.S. already pledged a security guarantee to Ukraine upon its return of all nuclear warheads to Russia by 1996, based on the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.—
Seung-Whan Choi,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Your daily cup of joe could get even more expensive under new U.S. tariffs on dozens of countries around the world.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some 80 percent of them said product quality is the most important consideration when selecting a retailer, and 92 percent believe clothes don’t have to be expensive to offer them long-lasting value.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2025
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For China, a sudden sell-off of U.S. Treasuries would also be extremely costly, increasing the value of its currency and, thus, the cost of Chinese exports even further.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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This can help avoid costly fines and legal issues as well as keep employees safe.—
Steven Rogall,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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That was a slightly steeper decline than the one reported in a preliminary reading earlier this month.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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Rescue crews found the hikers along a steep cliff edge in the Big Flat Area, about 10 miles north of an area known as Shelter Cove, according to a news release from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Remember when everyone questioned TGL's big-screen format, pricey tickets, and night tee times?—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Notably absent from this year's kit, however, are eggs, a key part of last year's offering, which are substantially pricier than a year ago as a result of shortages due to the bird flu outbreak that has forced a massive culling of herds.—
Siddharth Cavale,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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