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inexpensive

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: affordable, cheap, economical, good value, cheap at the price, gainworthy, inexpensive, middle-end, mid-range, purchasable, reasonable, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy, competitive, economic, el cheapo, low-cost, low-end, low-priced, nickel, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, unexpensive

Antonyms: dear, expensive, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, costly, cost-prohibitive, fancy, dearthful, dispendious, ex, expenny, exy, high-cost, lickpenny, million-dollar, high-priced, princely, out of sight, overdear, pricey, ruinous, spendy, spenno, spenny, splurgy, steep

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not extravagant in expenditure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

relatively low in price or charging low prices

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it would have been cheap at twice the price
  • inexpensive family restaurants

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheap

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English expensive English inexpensive From in- + expensive.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aghwan: 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐕎𐕒𐕡𐔸 (tognut) — reasonable in price
  • Arabic: رخيص (riḵīṣ) — reasonable in price
  • Armenian: էժան (ēžan) — reasonable in price
  • Bashkir: осһоҙ (oshoź) — reasonable in price
  • Bashkir: арзан (arzan) — reasonable in price
  • Bulgarian: евтин (evtin) — reasonable in price
  • Bulgarian: изгоден (izgoden) — reasonable in price
  • Burmese: ဈေးချို (jhe:hkyui) — reasonable in price
  • Catalan: barat — reasonable in price
  • Chamicuro: warato — reasonable in price
  • Chinese Mandarin: 低廉 (dīlián) — reasonable in price
  • Chinese Mandarin: 便宜 (piányi) — reasonable in price
  • Czech: laciný — reasonable in price
  • Czech: levný — reasonable in price
  • Dutch: goedkoop — reasonable in price
  • Dutch: goedkope — reasonable in price
  • Finnish: halpa — reasonable in price
  • Finnish: edullinen — reasonable in price
  • Finnish: huokea — reasonable in price
  • French: peu coûteux — reasonable in price
  • French: bon marché — reasonable in price
  • German: billig — reasonable in price
  • German: günstig — reasonable in price
  • Greek: φτηνός (ftinós) — reasonable in price
  • Ancient Greek: εὐτηνός (eutēnós) — reasonable in price
  • Hawaiian: emi — reasonable in price
  • Hungarian: olcsó — reasonable in price
  • Icelandic: ódýr — reasonable in price
  • Irish: saor — reasonable in price
  • Italian: economico — reasonable in price
  • Japanese: 安価な (anka na) — reasonable in price
  • Japanese: 廉価な (renka na) — reasonable in price
  • Japanese: 安い (yasui) — reasonable in price
  • Kabuverdianu: baratu — reasonable in price
  • Kabuverdianu: baróte — reasonable in price
  • Korean: 싼 (ssan) — reasonable in price
  • Korean: 싸다 (ssada) — reasonable in price
  • Latin: vīlis — reasonable in price
  • Māori: māmā — reasonable in price
  • Norwegian Bokmål: billig — reasonable in price
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: billeg — reasonable in price
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: billig — reasonable in price
  • Old English: undīere — reasonable in price
  • Pacoh: dyơl — reasonable in price
  • Pashto: ارزان (arzân) — reasonable in price
  • Polish: niedrogi — reasonable in price
  • Polish: tani — reasonable in price
  • Portuguese: barato — reasonable in price
  • Rarotongan: māmā — reasonable in price
  • Russian: недорого́й (nedorogój) — reasonable in price
  • Russian: дешёвый (dešóvyj) — reasonable in price
  • Serbo-Croatian: јефтин — reasonable in price
  • Serbo-Croatian: jeftin — reasonable in price
  • Spanish: barato — reasonable in price
  • Spanish: económico — reasonable in price
  • Tahitian: māmā — reasonable in price
  • Tamil: மலிவான (malivāṉa) — reasonable in price
  • Ukrainian: недорогий (nedorohyj) — reasonable in price
  • Vietnamese: rẻ — reasonable in price
  • Volapük: nejerik — reasonable in price
Real reading context

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