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expensive

/ɛkˈspɛnsɪv/
adjective
  1. Given to expending a lot of money; profligate, lavish.

  2. Having a high price or cost.

  3. Taking a lot of system time or resources.

    "an unnecessarily expensive choice of algorithm"

Antonymscheap, inexpensive, low-priced

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