单词	overpriced
释义	overpricedo‧ver‧priced /ˌəʊvəˈpraɪst◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES overpriced Italian restaurants EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Arbitrage restores the no-arbitrage condition by increasing the demand for the underpriced asset and increasing the supply of the overpriced asset. As Compaq's products become more like other firms', they are starting to look overpriced. Blackburn Rovers have spent £10 million so far and seem willing to lash out even more on overpriced players. But her enthusiasm was swiftly dampened by a visit to a curio shop, where she bought several overpriced souvenirs. It has a restaurant and a tiny general store with overpriced merchandise. The propaganda was being poured as thickly as the overpriced highway concrete. Wall Street salesmen then try to fool investors into buying the overpriced merchandise. Thesaurus THESAURUS► expensive costing a lot of money: · an expensive car· Apartments in the city are very expensive.· An underground train system is expensive to build. ► high costing a lot of money. You use high about rents/fees/prices/costs. Don’t use expensive with these words: · Rents are very high in this area.· Lawyers charge high fees.· the high cost of living in Japan ► dear [not before noun] British English spoken expensive compared to the usual price: · £3.50 seems rather dear for a cup of coffee. ► pricey informal expensive: · The clothes are beautiful but pricey. ► costly expensive in a way that wastes money: · Upgrading the system would be very costly.· They were anxious to avoid a costly legal battle. ► cost a fortune informal to be very expensive: · The necklace must have cost a fortune! ► exorbitant much too expensive: · Some accountants charge exorbitant fees. ► astronomical astronomical prices, costs, and fees are extremely high: · the astronomical cost of developing a new spacecraft· the astronomical prices which some people had paid for their seats· The cost of living is astronomical. ► overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: · The DVDs were vastly overpriced. ► somebody can’t afford something someone does not have enough money to buy or do something: · Most people can’t afford to send their children to private schools. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectiveoverpricedpricelesspricey/pricynounpriceverbprice something that is overpriced is more expensive than it should be ► see thesaurus at expensive
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