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inexpensive

inexpensive

86 1.0
Not costing much
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
translation icon : económico
  • You can find an inexpensive restaurant that serves delicious food in the city.
  • relatively inexpensive
  • simple and inexpensive
  • inexpensive method

I tend towards more inexpensive hobbies and habits.

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Examples

  • It's inexpensive and uses things you already have around the house.

  • I found an inexpensive sports doctor for my knee in Brooklyn.

  • It's really, really inexpensive and it works so well.

  • So you can now have inexpensive energy LED lights.

  • So the first one is the most inexpensive option I could find here.

  • It's extremely inexpensive, in most cases free.

  • So these are fairly inexpensive, which is great for people on a budget.

  • If you want a good inexpensive fun gloss, LA Colors is great.

  • His Samuel Windsor shoes are inexpensive but sturdy.

  • What these methods have in common is that they're inexpensive and don't require many actors.

Synonyms

cheap
vsinexpensive
1.0

Costing little money compared with similar things

refers to generally low cost without comparing items
affordable
vsinexpensive
307 2.1

Not too expensive for most people to buy

notes the low price itself, not whether people can pay for it
low-cost
vsinexpensive
42 2.0

Cheap to buy and easy to afford

focuses on the purchase price only, not ongoing upkeep
dirt cheap
vsinexpensive
  • Informal
14 2.8

Very cheap and costing almost nothing

means a fairly low price but not necessarily extremely low
low-priced
vsinexpensive
11 1.0

Not costing much money

describes low cost generally rather than seller-set pricing

Antonyms

1.0

That costs a lot of money

How Expensive

luxurious
62 5.6
expensive
1.0
affordable
307 2.1
inexpensive
86 1.0
cheap
1.0
free
1.0

Surface Forms

inexpensive positive
inexpensiver comparative
inexpensivest superlative

Morphology

inexpensive = expensive (transparent) = in + expense + ive

The adjective is formed by adding the negative prefix 'in-' to 'expensive', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not expensive'.

Etymology

The word inexpensive breaks into in- meaning 'not' and expensive, which comes from 'expense' meaning 'cost'. So, inexpensive simply means 'not costly' or 'cheap'.