no bargain

ADJECTIVE

cheap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bad poor

WEAK

base bogus catchpenny cheesy common commonplace crappy cruddy dud flashy garbage garish glitzy junky lousy mangy mean mediocre meretricious no good ordinary paltry ratty raunchy rinky-dink rotten rubbishy scroungy second-rate shoddy sleazy small-time tatty tawdry terrible trashy trumpery two-bit valueless white elephant worthless

Antonyms

WEAK

excellent noble precious priceless sophisticated superior valuable

ADJECTIVE

undependable

Synonyms

STRONG

unreliable

WEAK

bum capricious careless changeable dubious erratic fickle fly-by-night inconsistent inconstant indefinite indeterminate loose no-good treacherous trick tricky trustless unassured uncertain unpredictable unsafe unsound unstable unsure untrustworthy variable

Antonyms

WEAK

dependable reliable responsible trustworthy

Example Sentences

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With an interest rate that’s currently 7.54 percent, plus a whopping 4.228 percent origination fee, they are no bargain.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2022

“A bus that is free, but only runs every two hours and doesn’t run on weekends — that’s no bargain at all.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2021

“We know that there is no bargain where we can sacrifice some of our humanity to gain a little more security,” O’Rourke told an emotional El Paso rally he headlined after the Trump protest march.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2019

“There was no bargain sought by the FBI. There was no bargain rendered,” he said.

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2016

My old beat-up gun is no bargain, but at least anything that can happen to it has, and there’s no worrying.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

no bargain

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