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adjective

as in expensive

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verb

past tense of overprice
as in overvalued

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Recent Examples of overpriced
Adjective
However, new money is now buying a yield that’s well below historical highs and closer to a longer-term middle ground, while the P/FFO has wafted to just above 13—not wildly overpriced, but not discount territory either. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 On the other hand, there are plenty of Tesla novelty items listed on its site that are widely available and overpriced. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Coaches were guilty of rewarding role players with McDavid ice time, and general managers were guilty of signing those middle-six wingers to overpriced contracts. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 6 July 2026 There are few travel moments more deflating than racing through security, grabbing overpriced snacks, and hustling to your gate—only to find your flight has been canceled and the line to speak with an agent is already snaking around the concourse. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026 Not having to incur massive debt for an overpriced WBD frees up Netflix — and its pristine balance sheet — to pursue NBCUniversal in due time. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026 Whether Costco's new prepared meal is a summer lifesaver or an overpriced shortcut, it's certainly got shoppers talking. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 Meanwhile, 69% see stocks in general as overpriced, the lowest level in a year. — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 16 June 2026 House swapping is having a moment as travelers hunt for cheaper, more authentic alternatives to Airbnb and overpriced hotels in 2026. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
  1. expensive
  2. overvalued
  3. exorbitant
  4. overrated
  5. unaffordable
  6. overestimated
  7. prohibitive
  8. inflated
Adjective
  • Supplies are also getting more expensive, according to a report from The Century Foundation.
    — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The expensive and largely unproven strategy would entail launching a network of satellites that rely on constant energy from the sun to compute data in orbit and beam it down to Earth.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of expensive
Verb
  • As the rest of the world buys its assets, the reserve currency is structurally overvalued and weakens competitiveness.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • San Diego and the Inland Empire are 25% overvalued, Los Angeles, 19%, San Jose, 17%, San Francisco, 16%, Sacramento, 16% and the East Bay, 11%.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 July 2026
Definition of overvalued
Adjective
  • Predatory towing, which can include booting and towing at exorbitant prices, affects residents, small business owners and truck drivers across Charlotte.
    — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
  • Single mothers often operate like CEOs of high-stakes enterprises, managing income, risk, and capital with no margin for error due to structural disadvantages like lower median income and exorbitant childcare costs.
    — Kristin Vance Richards, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of exorbitant
Verb
  • Defensively, Johnson’s switchability has perhaps been overrated.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • In many cases, pilots are overrated.
    — Ashwin Gaidhani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of overrated
Adjective
  • Casino dreams in limbo Tribal citizens are deeply divided over how to reverse decades of economic decline that have led to poor living conditions, unaffordable health services, and chronic disease.
    — Andrew Jones, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • Isn’t this shift just a product of high rents, low wages, and the unaffordable cost of living in the cities where young, enterprising people flock to start their careers?
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 28 July 2026
Definition of unaffordable
Verb
  • Polls overestimated Abdul El-Sayed’s lead by 12 percentage points.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For the past five straight quarters, Palantir options have overestimated the actual move, the data show.
    — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of overestimated
Adjective
  • But the term isn't so prohibitive as to prevent them from readjusting their plans by early 2027, either.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Cost comes up first almost every time, and it's usually miscalculated rather than genuinely prohibitive.
    — Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of prohibitive
Verb
  • All that excess context inflated token consumption on the most expensive model in the stack.
    — Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The indictment alleged Cacioppo sent invoices to a Rockhurst University employee for demolition and asbestos abatement work that inflated costs or billed for work that was never done.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
Definition of inflated

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