Definitions

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  • adjective Too expensive to afford.

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  • adjective Too expensive to be afforded

Etymologies

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un- +‎ affordable

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Examples

  • So how unaffordable is the possibility of a $75,000 a year income after 15 years, for a nine month contract, with all sorts of fringe benefits — such as health care, retirement, tickets to sports and cultural events, and even free or subsidized parking?

    September « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

  • So how unaffordable is the possibility of a $75,000 a year income after 15 years, for a nine month contract, with all sorts of fringe benefits — such as health care, retirement, tickets to sports and cultural events, and even free or subsidized parking?

    Calling All Tenors, Baritones, and Basses « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

  • The LibDems recently dropped their commitment to immediately abolish university fees and the huge debt they entail for most students, claiming it was 'unaffordable' - just at a time when more young people are looking to higher education as a way of avoiding the dole queue.

    Socialist Party Main leads 2010

  • I have been struggling for the last couple, Bush’s handling of the economy has definitely hurt my business, less money for all those things that used to feel like ‘needs’, now are looking like ‘extras’, that can wait a while longer or are just plain unaffordable now, just the basics of life, thinking, maybe next month … and I cannot do anything about that.

    Think Progress » Help Raise the Minimum Wage 2006

  • This has led to a sharp increase in property prices, to what some experts call unaffordable levels and an explosion of new planned buildings.

    Indian Homebuyers Struggle with Bubble 2010

  • A town is classified as unaffordable if its House Price/First Time Buyer household income ratio is above 4.0.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Thatsnews 2008

  • But as Mr. Obama noted on ABC, a pared-down package imposing restrictions on insurers might make coverage unaffordable, which is one reason he prefers a broad overhaul.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • But as Mr. Obama noted on ABC, a pared-down package imposing restrictions on insurers might make coverage unaffordable, which is one reason he prefers a broad overhaul.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • • A powerful blog by Liz Sayce, CEO of Radar, the disability charity, on the outrageous discrimination faced by Jane Cordell, a diplomat who was denied a new posting by the Foreign Office on the grounds that the workplace adjustments needed by Cordell, who is deaf, were "unaffordable":

    Society daily 02.11.10 Patrick Butler 2010

  • These neighborhoods may be "unaffordable," but suburbs they definitely are not. joshuadf

    The True Cost of Living in “Affordable” Suburbs « PubliCola 2010

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