Dispendious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dispendious is an adjective meaning (archaic) expensive, costly.
Meaning
(archaic) expensive, costly.
Example Sentences
It would be much better for the community if sufficient inducement existed for the rich and dispendious classes to expend their surplus wealth on articles of home rather than on those of foreign production; the effect of the commercial legislation .
Wherefore the aforesaid William (after a long and dispendious stay at the Roman Court, after much and unavailing waste of money, after many bulls obtained on his behalf, . . . seeing that his wiles profited him little or naught in all these matters .
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include salt, spary, economicall, wasterful, wastfull, dearthful.
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