unaffordable

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adjective

Too expensive to be afforded.

Opposite
affordable
OriginEnglish affordable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunaffordable (comparative more unaffordable, superlative most unaffordable)

comparative more unaffordable · superlative most unaffordable

  1. Too expensive to be afforded.

    ASLEF's LU organiser Finn Brennan highlighted that slashing government funding to TfL means signalling upgrades necessary for such trains is unaffordable.

    2020 July 15, “Network News: ASLEF dismisses PM's driverless London Underground train claim”, in Rail, page 11

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
affordable

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishafford
  9. Englishaffordable
  10. Englishunaffordable

From un- + affordable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan inassequible, prohibitiu
  • inassequibletoo expensive to be afforded
  • prohibitiutoo expensive to be afforded
Dutch onbetaalbaar
  • onbetaalbaartoo expensive to be afforded
Finnish liian kallis, kohtuuttoman kallis
  • liian kallistoo expensive to be afforded
  • kohtuuttoman kallistoo expensive to be afforded
French inabordable, hors de prix
  • inabordabletoo expensive to be afforded
  • hors de prixtoo expensive to be afforded
  • impayabletoo expensive to be afforded
German unbezahlbar, unerschwinglich
  • unbezahlbartoo expensive to be afforded
  • unerschwinglichtoo expensive to be afforded
Greek απρόσιτος
  • απρόσιτος (aprósitos)too expensive to be afforded
Italian impagabile, inaccessibile
  • impagabiletoo expensive to be afforded
  • inaccessibiletoo expensive to be afforded
Polish zbyt drogi, niedostępny
  • zbyt drogitoo expensive to be afforded
  • niedostępnytoo expensive to be afforded
Portuguese inacessível, proibitivo
  • inacessíveltoo expensive to be afforded
  • proibitivotoo expensive to be afforded
Russian недосту́пный
  • недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)too expensive to be afforded
Spanish inasequible, prohibitivo
  • inasequibletoo expensive to be afforded
  • prohibitivotoo expensive to be afforded
Ukrainian недосту́пний, непристу́пний
  • недосту́пний (nedostúpnyj)too expensive to be afforded
  • непристу́пний (neprystúpnyj)too expensive to be afforded
Cite this entry
APA

unaffordable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffordable

MLA

“unaffordable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffordable. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaffordable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaffordable.

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