unaffordable
adjective
un·af·ford·able
ˌən-ə-ˈfȯr-də-bəl 
: too costly to be paid for : not affordable
unaffordable tuition
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Struggling homeowners who used the program to skip some mortgage payments suddenly had to pay those payments back all at once — an unaffordable burden for many of them.
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Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
Housing, food, utility, health care, and education costs are climbing to a level deemed unaffordable by as much as 80% of Americans.
—Jacob Walthour, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
Economic pressures are gripping Americans across the country, but Maryland stands out as a uniquely unaffordable state — in large part due to a complete lack of executive commitment to keep the state affordable and economically prosperous.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Democrats continue pushing policies to make Connecticut more unaffordable.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
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Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
Housing, food, utility, health care, and education costs are climbing to a level deemed unaffordable by as much as 80% of Americans.
—Jacob Walthour, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
Economic pressures are gripping Americans across the country, but Maryland stands out as a uniquely unaffordable state — in large part due to a complete lack of executive commitment to keep the state affordable and economically prosperous.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Democrats continue pushing policies to make Connecticut more unaffordable.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Unaffordable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unaffordable. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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