expensive
adjective
entailing great expense; very high-priced; costly.
expensiveness
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a word derived from
expensive.
Example Sentences
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"I want to separate Rohit Bal from the House of Bal - in products as well as style, in expensiveness and expanse," Bal told Shefalee Vasudev in Mint newspaper.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
A pretext for your visit can be useful in distracting you from the single most scream-worthy fact about Switzerland: its fearsome expensiveness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010
The proportion borne by these city debts to the population shown by the per capita debt figures, gives an idea of the comparative expensiveness of different city administrations.
From Time Magazine Archive
What all these movies have in common, besides expensiveness, is an elusive "special event quality" that gets them talked about until people regard them as a must-see.
From Time Magazine Archive
No one who has not experienced the expensiveness of poverty can realize how maddening it is to throw money away because you are not rich enough to save it.
From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards
