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unexpensive

unexpensive adjective: not expensive; inexpensive.

Adjective

unexpensive (comparative more unexpensive, superlative most unexpensive)

  1. (archaic) Not expensive; inexpensive.
    • An effectual and unexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205

Synonyms of unexpensive

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Forms of unexpensive

comparativemore unexpensive
superlativemost unexpensive

Origin of unexpensive

From un- + expensive.

Words formed from unexpensive

Questions about unexpensive

What does unexpensive mean?
Unexpensive means not expensive; inexpensive.
What part of speech is unexpensive?
Unexpensive is an adjective.

Words near unexpensive in the dictionary

  1. unexpeditious
  2. unexpelled
  3. unexpendable
  4. unexpended
  5. unexpensed
  6. unexpensive
  7. unexpensively
  8. unexpensiveness
  9. unexperience
  10. unexperienceable
  11. unexperienced

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