inexpensive

/ɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/

/ɪnɛkˈspɛnsɪv/

Anything that's inexpensive doesn't cost a lot. The inexpensive camping trip your family takes, instead of flying first class to Disney World, might turn out to be a lot of fun!

Inexpensive things are affordable, sometimes because they're cheaply made, but often because they're reasonably priced. Check out the thrift stores before you buy those $200 jeans — you might find an inexpensive used pair that looks identical! Or cook an inexpensive meal at home instead of eating at a fancy restaurant, and you'll have money to splurge on dessert. The Latin root of expensive means "weigh out money," and the prefix in- means "not."

Definitions of inexpensive

1. adjective

   relatively low in price or charging low prices
   “inexpensive family restaurants”

   synonyms: cheap

   bargain-priced, cut-price, cut-rate

   costing less than standard price

   catchpenny

   designed to sell quickly without concern for quality

   dirt cheap

   very cheap

   low-budget

   made on or suited to a limited budget

   affordable, low-cost, low-priced

   that you have the financial means for

   nickel-and-dime

   low-paying

   sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny

   of trifling worth