inexpensive

[in-ik-spen-siv]

adjective

1. not expensive; not high in price; costing little.

   Antonyms: costly

inexpensive

/ ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv /

adjective

1. not expensive; cheap

Other Word Forms

• inexpensively adverb
• inexpensiveness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexpensive¹

First recorded in 1830–40; in- ³ + expensive

Synonym Study

See cheap.

Example Sentences

For Marriott, the partnership was an inexpensive way to boost room count, a metric watched closely by Wall Street investors.

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"What makes this finding exciting is that arginine is already known to be clinically safe and inexpensive, making it a highly promising candidate for repositioning as a therapeutic option for AD."

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To go farther within Portugal and Spain there are inexpensive buses and trains.

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Prints, relatively inexpensive to produce and easy to distribute, were championed by some 18th-century intellectuals as the quintessential artistic medium of the Enlightenment.

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I do know that after these results, Nvidia is more attractive and inexpensive relative to its growth prospects.

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Related Words

• cheap 
• economical 
• low-cost 
• low-priced 
• modest 
• popular 
• reasonable