Cheap and Effortful

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Cheap adjective - Costing little.

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Effortful is an antonym for cheap.

Nearby Words: cheapen, cheaply, cheapness

Effortful adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.

Usage example: the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading

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Cheap is an antonym for effortful.

Nearby Words: effort, effortlessly, effortless

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Effortful and Cheap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/effortful

Cheap & Effortful. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/effortful>.

Effortful or Cheap. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cheap/effortful.

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