exorbitant
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, especially in amount or extent; highly excessive: to charge an exorbitant price; exorbitant luxury.
Archaic. outside the authority of the law.
Origin of exorbitant
1Other words for exorbitant
Opposites for exorbitant
Other words from exorbitant
- ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
- un·ex·or·bi·tant, adjective
- un·ex·or·bi·tant·ly, adverb
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How to use exorbitant in a sentence
Last year 23 million people went to get payday loans and paid exorbitant amounts of money.
Intuit’s CEO on the $7.1 billion Credit Karma acquisition, reorienting toward A.I., and reskilling workers | Geoffrey Colvin | December 22, 2020 | FortuneApple lobbies against Uighur forced-labor billFacebook’s criticism of Apple on Wednesday echoes similar criticisms from iOS developers that say the company charges exorbitant fees.
Facebook says Apple is hurting small businesses | Reed Albergotti | December 16, 2020 | Washington PostFor the state, options range from not providing any financial compensation or assistance to property owners, and just letting nature take its course, to buying out the properties — a cost that could prove exorbitant for the public.
How Famous Surfers and Wealthy Homeowners Are Endangering Hawaii’s Beaches | by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser | December 5, 2020 | ProPublicaThe ballooning rights fees could make the leagues more likely to sell their rights to tech giants like Amazon and Google that may be better able to stomach the exorbitant amounts.
‘This was the zeitgeist year’: How TV networks sold advertisers on streaming in this year’s upfront | Tim Peterson | September 30, 2020 | DigidayStill, despite the often exorbitant price tags, we felt these products were worth forking over our hard-earned peanuts.
But after more than 10 aggravating, exorbitantly expensive and violent years, the world has pretty much had it with Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s Mineral Wealth Could Be a Bonanza—or Lead to Disaster | Dr. Cheryl Benard | July 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe service was shabby, the food unremarkable, and the whole experience exorbitantly overpriced.
The first demands of Lewis were, as might have been expected, exorbitantly high.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI paid another exorbitantly to take me and my goods to the brig, and reached the Jackal just as she was weighing anchor.
Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) | Maria EdgeworthFood as well as clothing is exorbitantly dear, the only cheap articles of consumption being bread and French wines.
That was the proper chord to touch; but the ransom-money asked was exorbitantly large.
History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley | U. J. (Uriah James) JonesWheat was scarce, the price of provisions was exorbitantly high, and yet the law was striving to diminish wages.
Life of Edward the Black Prince | Louise Creighton
British Dictionary definitions for exorbitant
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt) /
(of prices, demands, etc) in excess of what is reasonable; excessive; extravagant; immoderate
Origin of exorbitant
1Derived forms of exorbitant
- exorbitance, noun
- exorbitantly, adverb
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