overpriced

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adjective

Priced higher than its real worth.

“The overpriced items would not sell.”

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Meanings

adjectiveoverpriced (comparative more overpriced, superlative most overpriced)

comparative more overpriced · superlative most overpriced

  1. Priced higher than its real worth.

    The overpriced items would not sell.

    1 more example

    I have 20 minutes to grab a coffee (from cheaper Greggs, rather than overpriced Starbucks or Costa), then join the 1113 to Lowestoft.

    2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overprice

    He overpriced the items to ensure they would not sell.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetoo costly for the value

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 價格過高的 /价格过高的
  • 價格過高的 /价格过高的 (jiàgé guògāo de)priced higher than what it is really worth
Finnish ylihintainen
  • ylihintainenpriced higher than what it is really worth
French surévalué
  • surévaluépriced higher than what it is really worth
German überteuert
  • überteuertpriced higher than what it is really worth
Hungarian túlárazott
  • túlárazottpriced higher than what it is really worth
Italian sopra-valutato
  • sopra-valutatopriced higher than what it is really worth
Latin ultra preciatus
  • ultra preciatuspriced higher than what it is really worth
Norwegian Bokmål overpriset
  • overprisetpriced higher than what it is really worth
Polish zawyżony
  • zawyżonypriced higher than what it is really worth
Slovak precenený
  • precenenýpriced higher than what it is really worth
Spanish sobretasado, superpreciado
  • sobretasadopriced higher than what it is really worth
  • superpreciadopriced higher than what it is really worth
  • hipervalorizadopriced higher than what it is really worth
  • valuado excesivamentepriced higher than what it is really worth
  • avaluado demasiadamentepriced higher than what it is really worth
  • demasiado costoso para lo que espriced higher than what it is really worth
Turkish aşırı pahalı
  • aşırı pahalıpriced higher than what it is really worth

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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