inexpensive
UK/ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/
inexpensive adjective: involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.
Adjective
inexpensive (comparative more inexpensive, superlative most inexpensive)
- Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.
- Cameras for black and white recording are relatively inexpensive, but color cameras cost twice to four times as much.1983 [1981], Peter Lenzendorf, The Video Camera Handbook, 2nd impression, Great Britain: David & Charles, translation of original by Niedernhausen: Falken-Verlag GmbH (in German), published 1984...
- And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017
- Synonyms:
- affordable, cheap, economical, good value, cheap at the price, gainworthy, middle-end, mid-range, purchasable, reasonable
- Antonyms:
- dear, expensive, 5-star, big-ticket, chargeful, cheap at half the price, costful, costly, cost-prohibitive, fancy
- Not extravagant in expenditure.
- The Swiss people are frugal and inexpensive in their own habits […]1859, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Switzerland”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume II, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company […], published 1872, page 273
inexpensive meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inexpensive in Tamil
- reasonable in price
- மலிவான malivāṉa
inexpensive in Urdu
- ارزاں, کم قیمت, سستا, سستی
inexpensive in Bengali
- সস্তা, ব্যয়বহুল নহে এমন
inexpensive in Malayalam
- economical, cheap, low-priced
- വലിയ വിലയില്ലാത്ത, വിലകുറഞ്ഞ, ചിലവുകുറഞ്ഞ, ഉപാർത്ഥ, അല്പസാര, ചെലവു ചുരുങ്ങിയ
More languagesFewer languages
- inexpensive in Kannada
- ಅಗ್ಗದ, ಕಡಮೆ ಬೆಲೆಯ
- inexpensive in Pashto
- ارزان arzân
- inexpensive in Vietnamese
- rẻ
- inexpensive in Myanmar
- ဈေးချို jhe:hkyui
Examples of inexpensive in a sentence
- He began to lay out the hull for an inexpensive but fast littoral drone.
- The demo portion of the reno project is the relatively fast and inexpensive part. The rebuilding takes more time and money.
- Cable TV is an inexpensive advertising medium.
Synonyms of inexpensive
- affordable
- cheap
- economical
- good value
- cheap at the price
- gainworthy
- mid-range
- purchasable
- reasonable
- bargainous
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
10 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of inexpensive
| comparative | more inexpensive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inexpensive |
Origin of inexpensive
From in- + expensive.
Words formed from inexpensive
Questions about inexpensive
- What does inexpensive mean?
- Inexpensive means involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.
- What is inexpensive in Tamil?
- Inexpensive in Tamil is மலிவான (malivāṉa). See Inexpensive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inexpensive?
- Inexpensive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inexpensive?
- Inexpensive is pronounced /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ (UK).
Words near inexpensive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inexpensive (page history and authors); inexpensive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inexpensive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inexpensive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inexpensive (Kannada 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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