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The phrase "Unaffordable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is too expensive for someone to buy or obtain. Example: "The cost of living in the city has become so high that many families find housing to be unaffordable."
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Unaffordable
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Too expensive to be afforded
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In its analysis, Moat housing association, which provides social housing across the south-east of England, found that every three-bedroom social home across all 35 areas it operates would become instantly unaffordable for residents receiving full housing benefit if the cap were reduced to £23,000 and that all two-bedroom homes would be unaffordable within six years.
The majority of one-bedroom homes in the south-east would be unaffordable within 10 years.
I remember asking Newham's mayor Sir Robin Wales about Queens Market on his patch, which he had plans to revamp, and complaints that it would become too posh and unaffordable to the local people who used it.
That looks premature, but the current dividend looks plain unaffordable.
Neil exposed the fact that the party's much-touted citizen's income had not been accurately costed and was unaffordable.
Between them, the property developers, commercial landlords and PR agencies have turned London into shorthand for banks, unaffordable flats and restaurants serving caramel-coated bricks (yes, bricks).
But by then land prices had already begun their stomach-churning ascent, making downtown unaffordable to most immigrants.
Robbie Keane would not be many people's idea of a messiah, but to Celtic supporters buffeted by disappointment throughout a trying season selectivity is an unaffordable luxury.
In countries where sanitary products are inaccessible or unaffordable, menstruation can mean missed school for girls (UNICEF estimates 10% of African girls don't attend school during their periods) and an increased dropout rate, missed work for women and repeated vaginal infections because of unsanitary menstrual products.
Except that the hundreds given to people sleeping on the street has been deemed unaffordable.
"Three-bedroom properties will be completely wiped out and even two-beds, in most areas we operate, become unaffordable within two years," said Angelo Sommariva, policy manager at Moat. "In deprived areas you might find that it takes an extra couple of years to become unaffordable, but all you're really doing is buying time.
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