INEXPENSIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inexpensive mean? 

• INEXPENSIVE (adjective)
  The adjective INEXPENSIVE has 1 sense:

1. relatively low in price or charging low prices

  Familiarity information: INEXPENSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INEXPENSIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relatively low in price or charging low prices

Synonyms:

cheap; inexpensive

Context example:

inexpensive family restaurants

Similar:

bargain-priced; cut-price; cut-rate (costing less than standard price)

catchpenny (designed to sell quickly without concern for quality)

dirt cheap (very cheap)

low-budget (made on or suited to a limited budget)

affordable; low-cost; low-priced (that you have the financial means for)

nickel-and-dime (low-paying)

sixpenny; threepenny; tuppeny; two-a-penny; twopenny; twopenny-halfpenny (of trifling worth)

Derivation:

inexpensiveness (the quality of being affordable)

 Context examples 

The researchers say a vitamin D supplement is an inexpensive and safe option for most of us.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The use of DNA probes provides a specific, sensitive, rapid, and inexpensive replacement for cell culture techniques for diagnosing infections.

(DNA Probes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They identified 138 compounds that were pleasant smelling, inexpensive, and considered safe for human use.

(How mosquitoes detect people, NIH)

In addition, the material is inexpensive, widely available and functions at close to room temperature.

(Green material for refrigeration identified, University of Cambridge)

Dear me, they are inexpensive, but they are quite wonderful!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The technique is compatible with roll-to-roll processes, which means it is scalable and inexpensive.

(Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost, University of Cambridge)

It uses relatively inexpensive, focused educational mechanisms that can be used during short one-on-one conversations with physicians.

(Academic Detailing, NCI Thesaurus)

The fabrications techniques used to construct microfluidic devices are relatively inexpensive and are amenable both to highly elaborate, multiplexed devices and also to mass production.

(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They wanted to develop an inexpensive paper battery powered by bacteria that could be easily incorporated into these single-use devices.

(New Type of Battery Created from Paper, Fueled by Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The new technology, resulting from a study led by the Georgia Institute of Technology, shows high potential as the basis for an inexpensive, easy malnutrition test in the field.

(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)