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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
Lin did exactly what Netflix asked, steering away from overpriced $200 million-plus, non-downstream features like Red Notice, The Irishman and The Electric State. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 If the finger felt like a gimmick, so did the overpriced drinks — in every city and at every stop. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 The ethos of these few blocks, with all their overpriced swag and made-in-China Americana, is cheesiness. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026 Both are sound strategies under the right circumstances, but neither can tell you whether a stock that’s down 30% is cheap, or merely less overpriced. — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Sep. 2026 Volkswagen Meanwhile the struggling VW hierarchy has to prove to the motoring world that the new GTI is a genuine leap forward for the electric hot hatch – not an overpriced attempt to cash in on a legendary nameplate. — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026 In the few negative reviews, people mentioned that some of the food was cold and overpriced. — Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Many were found to be substandard, overpriced or not built at all. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 Is there a mutually beneficial player with an equally overpriced contract to trade for at another position that could actually contribute to the Bulls? — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overpriced
  1. expensive
  2. overvalued
  3. exorbitant
  4. overrated
  5. unaffordable
  6. overestimated
  7. prohibitive
  8. inflated
Adjective
  • The ensuing advertising battle for Davis' seat cost well over $50 million, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact, ranking among the most expensive House races nationally.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The Senate election was the most expensive non-presidential race on record in advertisement spending, according to AdImpact, which tracks ad buys.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of expensive
Verb
  • Scheels argued this year that the Ada County Assessor’s Office had overvalued its unusual building.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Analysts said the stock, after a huge surge following the success in a trial of its experimental cancer vaccine for melanoma, is now overvalued.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of overvalued
Adjective
  • Students are looking for something different, while their parents are questioning exorbitant price tags for an investment that no longer has automatic and fruitful returns.
    — Ellis Verdi, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The race opened as one of the most competitive Senate races in the nation, with expectations about exorbitant spending.
    — David Raynor, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of exorbitant
Verb
  • The markets also overrated Netanyahu’s challenger in Israel, where the race is still too close to call — and where a series of suspicious bets elicited an investigation by Polymarket.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Consensus is overrated Chang likes to argue — with friends, over food.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of overrated
Adjective
  • The ever-present reality of the war has caused some students to cast off the joys of youth as an unaffordable, frivolous luxury.
    — David Super, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
  • An unaffordable dream While daily costs are straining people’s wallets, longer-term investments like housing are also forcing voters to make sacrifices.
    — Alexandra Meier, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of unaffordable
Verb
  • The model could have overestimated the amount of unstable ISM if cold and warm sections were too close together for the model to tell them apart, McKee said.
    — Perri Thaler, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The 1922 Colorado River Compact — the agreement that determines how much of the river’s water to allocate to seven states — simultaneously overestimated the long-term supply of water and underestimated the demand.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of overestimated
Adjective
  • Remember, the Cubs were prohibitive favorites to win the division but finished 14 games behind the Brewers.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Filing those suits, which can run up $10,000-$50,000 in legal fees, is cost-prohibitive for many businesses.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of prohibitive
Verb
  • Throughout an offseason in which the NCAA transfer portal’s big-man market inflated, the Bruins opted out.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • But the contract lays out various fees that could have inflated the amount owed, including $5,000 for defaulting and another $5,000 for blocking access to a bank account.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflated

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