Definition of unaffordable
: too costly to be paid for : not affordable
- unaffordable tuition
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In a world of Rolex watches and $1,000 meals, creativity is the one unaffordable luxury.
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The bank was accused of discriminating against minority borrowers by pushing them into unaffordable loans, which Wells Fargo employees were in turn rewarded bonuses for offering.
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If bail is set at a level that is likely to be unaffordable and therefore means that a defendant would have to stay in jail while awaiting trial, judges would have to explain why.
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Leatherbarrow is half Maltese and grew up in London's East End, having moved to Romford more than a decade ago in search of the type of home with a garden unaffordable to many young families in the inner city.
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Meat has become an unaffordable luxury for the poor.
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Associated General Contractors of America says rising steel and aluminum prices will make some construction projects unaffordable and, as a result, thousands of jobs tied to those projects will be jeopardized.
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Di Maio is 31 years old—and support for the unaffordable spending promises every other party made.
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Preparer mistakes can lead to an audit, which, as my clients can attest, can cause sleepless nights and an unaffordable IRS bill.
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First Known Use of unaffordable
1825
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