cheapness
/ˈtʃiːpnəs/
cheapness noun: the state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
Noun
cheapness (usually uncountable, plural cheapnesses)
- The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
- His cheapness was legendary; he refused to use candles or lamps, not to reduce the risk of fire but rather to save a penny.
- Her mother, in 1684, retiring with'her daughter, for cheapness, to some place in Surrey, (she does not tell us where,) became acquainted with Dr. Glisson […]1800, Edmond Malone, The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden
- Synonyms:
- frugality, meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, stinginess, thriftiness, tightness
- The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
- It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort.2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60
- Synonym of shoddiness.
- The cheapness of the manufacturing is insulting. [the product is poorly made]
- Synonym of inexpensiveness; affordability.
- The cheapness of the offerings is amazing. [the prices are surprisingly good]
cheapness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
cheapness in Hindi
- state of being cheap
- सस्तापन sastāpan, सस्ताई sastāī
cheapness in Tamil
- மலிவு, தரத்தில் அல்லது விலையில் குறைவு
cheapness in Urdu
- cheapness
- ارزانی arzānī
cheapness in Telugu
- cheapness
- అగ్గువ agguva, చవక cavaka, వెలతక్కువ velatakkuva
More languagesFewer languages
- cheapness in Malayalam
- കുറഞ്ഞവില, കുറഞ്ഞ നിലവാരം, വിലസഹായം, സുലഭത
- cheapness in Arabic
- رُخْص ruḵṣ
Examples of cheapness in a sentence
- Jallatt didn't study cheapness, but somehow she generally attained it.1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Strategist”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC...
- He was also interested in the cost of book production, as can be seen in his article on the cheapness of papyrus as a writing material.2004, James Keith Elliott, The Collected Biblical Writings of T.C. Skeat:
Synonyms of cheapness
Forms of cheapness
| plural | cheapnesses |
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Origin of cheapness
From cheap + -ness.
Words that rhyme with cheapness
Questions about cheapness
- What does cheapness mean?
- Cheapness means the state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
- What is cheapness in Hindi?
- Cheapness in Hindi is सस्तापन (sastāpan), सस्ताई (sastāī). See Cheapness meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cheapness in a sentence?
- Jallatt didn't study cheapness, but somehow she generally attained it.
- What part of speech is cheapness?
- Cheapness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cheapness?
- Cheapness is pronounced /ˈtʃiːpnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cheapness?
- The plural of cheapness is cheapnesses.
Words near cheapness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cheapness (page history and authors); cheapness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ارزانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); అగ్గువ (Telugu) (page history and authors); cheapness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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