expensive vs cheap
Definitions
adjective
- high in price or charging high prices
Examples
We cannot support all the shops we have already, so a few more very expensive units can only remain empty and unused.
They will be slightly more expensive but they last a lot longer.
The pills—containing inexpensive potassium iodide, which is the substance used to iodize common table salt—can prevent thyroid cancer by saturating the thyroid gland with a harmless type of iodine, keeping it from absorbing radioactive iodine that might be inhaled or ingested after a radiation release.
Definitions
adjective
- embarrassingly stingy
- tastelessly showy
- of very poor quality; flimsy
- relatively low in price or charging low prices
Examples
It's hay that may have become moldy - if it was moist when put in the haymow - but it is just as effective for mulching as good hay, and a great deal cheaper.
It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
They use cheap materials and actually destroy a lot of decent furniture and fittings in the process - if something is considered unfashionable it gets taken out or painted over.
