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adjective

as in expensive

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verb

past tense of overprice

as in overvalued

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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

Adjective

They were showered with expensive clothes, spa treatments, and drugs, and given weekly allowances ranging from $150 to $200.

— Samantha Bergeson, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Why concert tickets keep getting more expensive Artists, promoters, venues, and ticketing platforms all take a cut of each ticket.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of expensive

Verb

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
Despite the robust results, some analysts suggest BHP's share price, up 41% this year, may be overvalued.

— Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of overvalued

Adjective

Now Trump wants to fund Putin’s war machine in exchange for diesel fuel, which is in short supply and now comes at an exorbitant cost.

— Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
While that system didn’t require up-front game purchases, the initial pricing was exorbitant, rising to $30 for 90 days of real-time streaming access, even for games that could be purchased outright on disc for less.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of exorbitant

Adjective

Lamont holds double-digit leads in recent polls over GOP gubernatorial challenger Ryan Fazio, who has centered his campaign on charges the governor has allowed Connecticut to become unaffordable for many households.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
One of the biggest examples of how things are unaffordable is health care.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of unaffordable

Adjective

The costs of bringing their collections to Paris is increasingly prohibitive for smaller brands, but showing at home is not enough.

— Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026
But Sceye is also aiming to help provide regular cellular coverage to underserved areas where installing fiber-optic cables to provide Internet access is more economically prohibitive.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibitive

Verb

The Middle East and Russia-Ukraine conflicts have also sharply inflated the cost of diesel fuel, which is used by long-haul trucks.

— Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Starting in 2019, however, the refill accelerated, and the local peak inflated at a rate of more than 22 cm a year.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of inflated

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