Overpriced
adjective
Charged or priced too high.
The merchandise in that store is overpriced.
Often appears as...
- overpriced goods
- overpriced hotel
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Disapproving
adjective
Charged or priced too high.
The merchandise in that store is overpriced.
Often appears as...
- overpriced goods
- overpriced hotel
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Subjective Perception
Overpriced is subjective; what one sees as too costly, another may find reasonable.
She finds designer clothes overpriced, but her friend thinks they're worth it.
Pro Tip 2/3Market Comparison
Something is overpriced when it costs more than similar items in the market.
I won't buy this phone; it's overpriced compared to other brands with the same features.
Pro Tip 3/3Value vs. Cost
The term implies the price is not justified by the value or quality of the item.
This basic watch is overpriced at $200.
Compare with
costexorbitantexpensivelavishpriceysteep
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Yeah! Jakob All right, let's go for it. Here I have one of these overpriced EpiPens. Inside it is a drug called epinephrine. Epinephrine can restart the beat of my heart, or it could stop a life-threatening allergic reaction.
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A crash course in...
Yeah! Jakob All right, let's go for it. Here I have one of these overpriced EpiPens. Inside it is a drug called epinephrine. Epinephrine can restart the beat of my heart, or it could stop a life-threatening allergic reaction.
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Sadio Mane
Senegalese Athlete
This is something you have to accept in football. Someone will say you are overpriced, but I did not think about it. Maybe I was overpriced, but I believe in my quality and want to get better. If you know what you can do for your team, it becomes no problem, and you don't even think about it.
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Rose McGowan
American Actress
There was a story that I was in a shoe shop and that I threw a pair of flip flops at the wall, shouting, 'I can't believe how overpriced these are!' I thought, 'Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!
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Bert Kreischer
American Comedian
No matter how successful I may get, I'll always be a failed musician, sitting at a concert double-fisting overpriced twenty-ounce beers, wishing it was me on stage brooding soulfully to my fans. I had my shot once, but I let it slip through my fingers.
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Katrina Kaif
British Actress
I'm not a big spender or shopper. Neither am I extravagant, nor do I have big expenses. I mainly spend on travel. I don't buy overpriced clothes, as I feel such expenses are unnecessary. I probably wouldn't buy expensive watches or jewellery either.
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Reggie Jackson
American Athlete
I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced, and there must be an intense belief in it.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.
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Martin Shkreli
Albanian Businessman
Bloomberg is an overpriced legacy software system that subsidizes a money-losing media company.
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Robert J. Shiller
American Economist
When valuation confidence falls, it means that stock markets are perceived as overpriced.
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Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.
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Sadio Mane
Senegalese Athlete
This is something you have to accept in football. Someone will say you are overpriced, but I did not think about it. Maybe I was overpriced, but I believe in my quality and want to get better. If you know what you can do for your team, it becomes no problem, and you don't even think about it.
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Rose McGowan
American Actress
There was a story that I was in a shoe shop and that I threw a pair of flip flops at the wall, shouting, 'I can't believe how overpriced these are!' I thought, 'Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!
Quote examples
Bert Kreischer
American Comedian
No matter how successful I may get, I'll always be a failed musician, sitting at a concert double-fisting overpriced twenty-ounce beers, wishing it was me on stage brooding soulfully to my fans. I had my shot once, but I let it slip through my fingers.
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Katrina Kaif
British Actress
I'm not a big spender or shopper. Neither am I extravagant, nor do I have big expenses. I mainly spend on travel. I don't buy overpriced clothes, as I feel such expenses are unnecessary. I probably wouldn't buy expensive watches or jewellery either.
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Reggie Jackson
American Athlete
I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
Education is a bubble in a classic sense. To call something a bubble, it must be overpriced, and there must be an intense belief in it.
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Joan Collins
American Actress
So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.
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Martin Shkreli
Albanian Businessman
Bloomberg is an overpriced legacy software system that subsidizes a money-losing media company.
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Robert J. Shiller
American Economist
When valuation confidence falls, it means that stock markets are perceived as overpriced.
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Jeremy Grantham
British Businessman
The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.
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