unaffordable

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Recent Examples of unaffordable Only four other states ranked lower in their share of schools being unaffordable: Delaware, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Rhode Island. Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025 At the center of the government shutdown are Democrats’ demands that the GOP extend Obamacare premiums, warning of severe price hikes without it that will make health insurance unaffordable for many on the Affordable Care Act plans. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 Without the tax credits, health insurance premiums are projected to increase by an average of 93%, making coverage unaffordable for millions. Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025 While other areas in Florida have become unaffordable, Ave Maria buyers find home ownership attainable in a community with a wide menu of amenities for families of all sizes and ages. Ave Maria Development, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unaffordable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffordable
Adjective
  • Protesters who spoke with Reuters railed against the extortion and violence common in Michoacán, where lemon and avocado farmers are often forced to pay exorbitant bribes to drug trafficking groups.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Gone are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and instead Rebirth follows Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett who’s offered an exorbitant amount of money to go collect some dino blood.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Adding another big contract would have been prohibitive ahead of an offseason where the Ravens will want to pay center Tyler Linderbaum, nose tackle Travis Jones, tight end Isaiah Likely and several others.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But shouldn’t said costs sometimes be prohibitive?
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Studies show that even under optimistic scenarios, returning metals to Earth would remain uneconomic without major advances in throughput, spacecraft reuse, and automation.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The domestic fracking boom drove the price of natural gas down and wholesale energy prices down with it, leaving the plant uneconomical, said Tom Content, executive director of the Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board.
    Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Officers are able to use loitering laws as general warrants to circumvent individuals’ constitutional right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, Wood said.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The class counsel has argued that objectors are raising either points that were already decided, inappropriate for this forum, or unreasonable to address.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • If auto insurance with one carrier is more expensive than with another, a discount may not offset the difference.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Why are consumers facing more expensive Affordable Care Act health insurance?
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Norwood also argued that the company did not look at other less costly options.
    Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The production has been costly, so results need to be good for the show, which comes from the same creatives behind High Water – a show about a huge central European flood in 1997.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Best Early Black Friday Target Kitchen Deals The sale brings steep discounts to top kitchen brands like Ninja, Keurig, and KitchenAid.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • His mental health went into a steep decline.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Nothing is worse than unpacking your suitcase and seeing that your overpriced moisturizer has spilled onto your favorite sweater—avoid that kind of mess with the Crush Toiletry Bag, available in several fun shades.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To many listeners, Powell was saying stocks are overpriced.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffordable. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.

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