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unaffordable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Too expensive to be afforded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affordable English unaffordable From un- + affordable.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: недасту́пны (njedastúpny) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Belarusian: непрысту́пны (njeprystúpny) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Catalan: inassequible — too expensive to be afforded
  • Catalan: prohibitiu — too expensive to be afforded
  • Dutch: onbetaalbaar — too expensive to be afforded
  • Finnish: liian kallis — too expensive to be afforded
  • Finnish: kohtuuttoman kallis — too expensive to be afforded
  • French: inabordable — too expensive to be afforded
  • French: hors de prix — too expensive to be afforded
  • French: impayable — too expensive to be afforded
  • German: unbezahlbar — too expensive to be afforded
  • German: unerschwinglich — too expensive to be afforded
  • Greek: απρόσιτος (aprósitos) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Italian: impagabile — too expensive to be afforded
  • Italian: inaccessibile — too expensive to be afforded
  • Macedonian: неприуштлив (nepriuštliv) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Polish: zbyt drogi — too expensive to be afforded
  • Polish: niedostępny — too expensive to be afforded
  • Portuguese: inacessível — too expensive to be afforded
  • Portuguese: proibitivo — too expensive to be afforded
  • Russian: недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Spanish: inasequible — too expensive to be afforded
  • Spanish: prohibitivo — too expensive to be afforded
  • Ukrainian: недосту́пний (nedostúpnyj) — too expensive to be afforded
  • Ukrainian: непристу́пний (neprystúpnyj) — too expensive to be afforded