Dictionary

unaffordable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afford Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affordable English unaffordable From un- + affordable.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Antonyms

affordable

Deriveds

unaffordably

Translations (25)

es inasequible (too expensive to be afforded) · fi kohtuuttoman kallis (too expensive to be afforded) · pt inacessível (too expensive to be afforded) · be непрысту́пны (too expensive to be afforded) · it impagabile (too expensive to be afforded) · mk неприуштлив (too expensive to be afforded) · pt proibitivo (too expensive to be afforded) · pl niedostępny (too expensive to be afforded) · be недасту́пны (too expensive to be afforded) · uk недосту́пний (too expensive to be afforded) · it inaccessibile (too expensive to be afforded) · fi liian kallis (too expensive to be afforded) · de unerschwinglich (too expensive to be afforded) · fr hors de prix (too expensive to be afforded) · fr impayable (too expensive to be afforded) · fr inabordable (too expensive to be afforded) · ru недосту́пный (too expensive to be afforded) · ca inassequible (too expensive to be afforded) · nl onbetaalbaar (too expensive to be afforded) · uk непристу́пний (too expensive to be afforded) · el απρόσιτος (too expensive to be afforded) · ca prohibitiu (too expensive to be afforded) · es prohibitivo (too expensive to be afforded) · de unbezahlbar (too expensive to be afforded) · pl zbyt drogi (too expensive to be afforded)