unaffordable
adjective
un·af·ford·able
ˌən-ə-ˈfȯr-də-bəl 
: too costly to be paid for : not affordable
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For every tech executive biohacking their way to peak performance, there are millions for whom these advances are unaffordable luxuries.
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Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Listing prices remain unaffordable for many buyers, and many markets continue to lack a supply of listings needed to meet would-be buyers’ demand.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
Homes in the Shepherd Heights development, for example, are listed at more than $440,000, completely unaffordable for the typical family in Acres Homes, where median household income was about $30,000 as of 2023.
—Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
Struggling homeowners who used the program to skip some mortgage payments suddenly had to pay those payments back all at once — an unaffordable burden for many of them.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
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Markos Kounalakis, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Listing prices remain unaffordable for many buyers, and many markets continue to lack a supply of listings needed to meet would-be buyers’ demand.
—Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2026
Homes in the Shepherd Heights development, for example, are listed at more than $440,000, completely unaffordable for the typical family in Acres Homes, where median household income was about $30,000 as of 2023.
—Ryan Nickerson, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026
Struggling homeowners who used the program to skip some mortgage payments suddenly had to pay those payments back all at once — an unaffordable burden for many of them.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaffordable. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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