inexpensive
adjective
in·ex·pen·sive
ˌi-nik-ˈspen(t)-siv 
: reasonable in price : cheap
inexpensively
adverb
inexpensiveness
noun
Examples of inexpensive in a Sentence
inexpensive but pretty jewelry that can be worn every day
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But America’s fossil-fuel machine should be ready to face an inexpensive upstart technology, too.
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
With sodium being abundant and inexpensive, such advances could accelerate the deployment of sodium-ion batteries in grid storage, renewable energy integration, and backup power applications.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
And the far-from-inexpensive prices for lottery winners mean prices still play an allocation role in the random drawings.
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One basic screening tool, a urine dipstick test, can detect traces of blood and protein and is very inexpensive.
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
With sodium being abundant and inexpensive, such advances could accelerate the deployment of sodium-ion batteries in grid storage, renewable energy integration, and backup power applications.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Mar. 2026
And the far-from-inexpensive prices for lottery winners mean prices still play an allocation role in the random drawings.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
One basic screening tool, a urine dipstick test, can detect traces of blood and protein and is very inexpensive.
—Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Inexpensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inexpensive. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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inexpensive
adjective
in·ex·pen·sive
ˌin-ik-ˈspen(t)-siv
: not high in price : cheap
inexpensively
adverb
inexpensiveness
noun
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