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overpriced

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verb

past tense of overprice

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
Adjective
  • Learning new digital skills doesn’t have to be expensive.
    Nono Bokete, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • Many Americans are now turning to innovative platforms with less barriers to borrow money for necessities -- not just emergencies which is a positive trend as traditional options are more expensive.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • The World Food Programme (WFP) said this week its warehouses are now empty; soup kitchens that are still running are severely rationing their last stocks; and what little food remains in Gaza’s markets is being sold for exorbitant prices that most cannot afford.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
  • That was even a problem for the team when Antetokounmpo's ex-Bucks comrades Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton were in their primes — and was part of general manager Jon Horst's impetus in flipping Holiday for Lillard's exorbitant contract in the summer of 2023.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But many analysts say what’s happening here undermines an increasingly popular narrative that clean energy is unaffordable, unwanted and can only succeed with large-scale government subsidies.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
  • China's tariffs would have more than doubled the price of U.S.-made aircraft and parts, making the cost unaffordable, Bloomberg reported.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Prepare for the world’s biggest bounce house to be inflated in the Sacramento area this weekend.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Its workers routinely inflated the results to scare their bosses.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The closure of a trade loophole and prohibitive tariffs on China have upended Temu and Shein’s business model in the United States.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 6 May 2025
  • But the tuition—about four thousand dollars—was prohibitive.
    Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • Laser treatment can be pricey, and results aren't always consistent.
    Susan Bard, Health, 3 May 2025
  • Caring for a thoroughbred is pricey, costing up to $60,000 a year, according to Mason.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • No one is still drilling uneconomic wells just to hold onto leases.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The results have been a large increase in energy costs for households and industry, driven by levies to subsidise uneconomic generation, and rising volatility in electricity markets accompanied by a higher risk of power outages in future.
    Gordon Hughes, National Review, 13 May 2024
Adjective
  • In a unanimous opinion, the justices said courts can look beyond the exact moment a police officer is using deadly force to determine if the force was unreasonable.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • Given the high degree of regulation and data privacy concerns within our industry, this isn’t an unreasonable question, to say nothing of the cost of bespoke software solutions.
    Tom Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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