unaffordable
adjective
un·af·ford·able
ˌən-ə-ˈfȯr-də-bəl 
: too costly to be paid for : not affordable
unaffordable tuition
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For average Iranians, even basic goods have become unaffordable.
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Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
The oil blockade has crushed tourism, fueled unaffordable gas prices, forced hospitals to ration care and left garbage piling up in the streets.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2026
Food and medicine are scarce or unaffordable.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Citing the city’s strained finances and unaffordable healthcare costs for employees, the city has requested that PEC leadership take another vote on its cost-cutting proposal for GLP-1 coverage, no later than this Friday, Groffenberger wrote.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
The oil blockade has crushed tourism, fueled unaffordable gas prices, forced hospitals to ration care and left garbage piling up in the streets.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2026
Food and medicine are scarce or unaffordable.
—Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
Citing the city’s strained finances and unaffordable healthcare costs for employees, the city has requested that PEC leadership take another vote on its cost-cutting proposal for GLP-1 coverage, no later than this Friday, Groffenberger wrote.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaffordable. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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