Word Finder - expensive

definition

Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

definition

Having a high price or cost.

definition

Taking a lot of system time or resources.

example

an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm

They were all dressed for a white tie party in expensive tuxedos.

I found Boston is an expensive place to live.

It would be less expensive to repair the new car.

A small table held an expensive looking scale.

Howard was unemployed but was forced to eat an expensive lease.

His gray suit looked expensive and the silk tie added a touch of elegance.

I don't know if you realize how expensive it would be.

Expensive cars lined the long drive to the mansion overlooking the hills.

Why would Josh pay something so expensive?

Publishing was expensive, and by the time news of the lie came out, days or weeks had passed.

I don't know who is paying for the room; it's God-awful expensive here.

Andre was dressed in cashmere and wool, his hair kept short and neat, his loafers more expensive than Kris's conference room had cost to build.

It sounds like a lot of fun - and expensive.

This is expensive, but is made necessary by the small amount of material to be handled at any given point.

A slender lady dressed in an expensive looking dark suit swung out of the car and stood, slowly shutting the door.

I think his car was pretty expensive.

They are very expensive to build and maintain.

The most expensive one was her favorite, but she selected the least expensive.

Under Louis Savoy began to decline, for he was indolent, incapable, and entirely ruled by his wife, Anne of Lusignan, daughter of the king of Cyprus, an ambitious and intriguing woman; she induced him to fit out an expensive expedition to Cyprus, which brought him no advantage save the barren title of king of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia.

Always in pecuniary straits through his extravagance, he pursued a foreign policy which would have been expensive under the most careful management.

Both slings and carriers can become expensive, depending on the brand chosen, but they also offer parents a hands-free method of carrying their infant around the house while executing tasks and chores.

The subdrift system requires a smaller amount of narrow work in excavating the necessary haulage roads, and is therefore better adapted to hard ores in which such narrow work is expensive.

The mode of winning by level is of less general application than that by shafts, as the capacity for production is less, owing to the smaller size of roadways by which the coal must be brought to the surface, levels of large section being expensive and difficult to keep open when the mine has been for some time at work.

They are somewhat more pleasant but more expensive. !

At that point, however, quartz and even atmospheric air become strongly absorbent and the expensive fluorspar becomes the only medium that can be used.

Phone or surfing incentive for your least expensive preferred mini cooper is.

However this service can prove expensive in the long term.

It will be readily understood from the above account of the process of production that optical glass, relatively to other kinds of glass, is very expensive, the actual price varying from 3s.

The wet refining process is more tedious and expensive, and is only exceptionally employed, as in the case of preparing the pure metal or its salts for pharmaceutical or chemical purposes.

In the South Staffordshire and other Midland coalfields, where only shallow pits are required, and the coals are thick, a pair of pits may be sunk for a very few acres, while in the North of England, on the other hand, where sinking is expensive, an area of some thousands of acres may be commanded from the same number of pits.

It is sometimes alleged by native Indian politicians that famines are growing worse under British rule, because India is becoming exhausted by an excessive land revenue, a civil service too expensive for her needs, military expenditure on imperial objects, and the annual drain of some 15,000,000 for "home charges."

Styling is handsome and overall it bears favorable comparison with more expensive executive cars.

So there is no point buying such an expensive phone when one can not remain connected all the time.

A number of pedigree dogs are also more expensive to ensure, .

Four people sharing a hire car wouldn't be too expensive either.

The best thing about Health and safety consultant is that it isnít expensive to rent.

The Liberals called this an ' expensive gimmick ' .

Spain possessed the lucrative monopoly of the expensive cochineal dye.

In traditional industrial robots the actuators are generally servo motors, which are heavy, expensive non-compliant structures.

I do not mean that exactly, but I mean something which he might think a good deal like that; I mean that they should not play life, or study it merely, while the community supports them at this expensive game, but earnestly live it from beginning to end.

The murals are quite expensive, but remember that you don't need much to make a large impression.

This is usually the most expensive option.

The rapid growth of the city, the character of the soil, and the high prices of material for street construction have led to a large and expensive civic organization.

In proportioning the quantities of matrix to aggregate the ideal to be aimed at is to get a concrete in which the voids or air-spaces shall be as small as possible; and as the lime or cement is usually by far the most expensive item, it is desir able to use as little of it as is consistent with strength.

But this basicity implies that for each part of the silica or silicic acid which inevitably results from the oxidation of the silicon of the pig iron, the cinder shall contain some three parts of iron oxide, itself a valuable and expensive substance.

Dressed in a mock turtleneck of some expensive fabric and slacks, the seated Immortal was relaxed and bright-eyed, despite accompanying them on the hunt that led them to the meat locker a couple of hours ago.

Maybe it was the faint smell of expensive cologne, or the feel of his warm hand through her blouse, or even the fact that it had been so long since anyone had taken an interest in her work.

According to the lawyer, Lori could contest the will — which would be expensive and straining on everyone.

Ferrying labor into space is technologically feasible, of course, but prohibitively expensive.

It's expensive, but to borrow a phrase from a rather different product, it does what it says on the tin.