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Significados de exorbitant em inglês

Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation.

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Examples for "steep"
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From her vantage point, she saw a steep but possible way up.
The Valley of Horses
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The company said steep discounts in July helped offset weaker consumer demand.
Reuters
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It's miles and miles away; down steep hills and across the ford.
A Missionary Twig
4
The result is routes that are not just long, but extremely steep.
Climbing Magazine
5
Direct Turkish military intervention in Syria has come at a steep price.
The Irish Times
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Fine Gael TD Mr Michael Ring said: This is an outrageous situation.
The Irish Times
2
Further, Mr Power made several outrageous statements in his attack on evolution.
The Irish Times
3
However, her latest request has got to be her most outrageous yet.
News.com.au
4
Those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account.
Ebony
5
Even in those days, the level of Soviet corruption had been outrageous.
Exit wound
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Forcing people to choose between their health and their job is unconscionable.
The Guardian
2
Shell's research money is also buying legitimacy for its unconscionable activities globally.
The Guardian
3
It was unconscionable of Maurice to put you in such a situation.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
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The Bavarian was an unconscionable time absorbing the import of the message.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
5
There follows a war of extermination with unconscionable cruelties on both sides.
All souls' rising
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Now, Captain, paying extortionate prices is no way to make a profit.
Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
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Wagons could not be hired except by paying the most extortionate rates.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
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Still, money is very scarce and bank interest almost extortionate just now.
Winston of the Prairie
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In fact, petrol prices across Europe are as good as extortionate.
The South African
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I protested against this extortionate demand in every way I could think of.
Armadale
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Ahab was liberal, Joram miserly, nay, he even indulged in usurious practices.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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Those men insist on ready money to sweat others on usurious terms.
Poor Relations
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Edwin smiled at her, and she returned his smile with usurious interest.
Clayhanger
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His honesty was his capital... and he exacted usurious interest from it.
A Reckless Character, and Other Stories
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Besides, I should not tax him with usurious interest, she said maliciously.
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
Uso de exorbitant em inglês
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They are haemorrhaging public money and delivering dismal services at exorbitant prices.
The South African
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Financial catastrophes, buffered by exorbitant government bailouts, have dented the national fiscus.
The South African
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She is particularly good at nailing the exorbitant pretension of their décor.
The Guardian
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They wanted to charge me exorbitant funds to get them, he said.
News.com.au
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It was 2006 and all quotes to fix the problem were exorbitant.
The Irish Times
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The success of the first demand only rendered the second more exorbitant.
Barry Lyndon
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It was just before the panic in 1907, and rents were exorbitant.
An American Idyll / The Life of Carleton H. Parker
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For the most part, barring illegal connections, this exorbitant increase is unavoidable.
The South African
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The exorbitant price compared to regular headphones was also a turn off.
The Irish Times
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Another great calamity, is the exorbitant raising of the rents of lands.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 / Historical...
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Finally we settled upon eight guineas for both names-stillan exorbitant price.
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
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Even semuta has been restricted so that I must pay exorbitant prices.
Paul of dune
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The profit of those merchants would be almost equally exorbitant and oppressive.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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Stephen at once wished to buy it, but the terms were exorbitant.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"
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But punters said no to exorbitant door fees and overblown superstar DJs.
The Irish Times
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No mortgage, no exorbitant rent, no property tax, no doors to slam.
The Irish Times
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