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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, /ˌɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/

形容詞

inexpensive (comparative more inexpensive, superlative most inexpensive)

1. Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.

   Synonyms: affordable, cheap (ambiguous), economical, good value; see also Thesaurus:affordable, Thesaurus:cheap

   Antonyms: dear (Ireland, UK), expensive; see also Thesaurus:expensive

   • 1983 [1981], Peter Lenzendorf, The Video Camera Handbook, 2nd impression, Great Britain: David & Charles, translation of original by Niedernhausen: Falken-Verlag GmbH (in German), published 1984, unnumbered page:

     Cameras for black and white recording are relatively inexpensive, but color cameras cost twice to four times as much.

   • 2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 30 June 2017:

     And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.

2. Not extravagant in expenditure.
   • 1859, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Switzerland”, in Passages from the French and Italian Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne, volume II, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company […], published 1872, page 273:

     The Swiss people are frugal and inexpensive in their own habits […]

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参照

• “inexpensive, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.