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AFFORD Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word afford. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For AFFORD

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bankrupt
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

adjective satellite

• financially ruined

verb

• reduce to bankruptcy

deplete
verbv
verb

• use up (resources or materials)

exhaust
verbv
noun

• gases ejected from an engine as waste products

• system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged

verb

• wear out completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• deplete

• use up the whole supply of

• eliminate (a substance)

lavish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very generous

• characterized by extravagance and profusion

verb

• expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns

lose
verbv
verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

overexert
verbv
verb

• exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength

spend
verbv
verb

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pay out

• spend completely

splurge
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)

• any act of immoderate indulgence

verb

• indulge oneself

• be showy or ostentatious

squander
verbv
verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• spend extravagantly

waste
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

Alternatives for BANKRUPT

Alternatives for DEPLETE

Alternatives for EXHAUST

Alternatives for LAVISH

Alternatives for LOSE

Alternatives for SPEND

Alternatives for SPLURGE

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