October 5, 2008

Exorbitant

exorbitant



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–adjective 
exceeding the bounds of custom, propriety, or reason, 
esp. 
in amount or extent; highly excessive

to charge an exorbitant [price]
exorbitant luxury.  

—Synonyms 
inordinate, outrageous, extreme, extravagant, unreasonable, unconscionable.

—Antonyms 
fair, reasonable.


SAG%20AWARDS 
"You've heard from so many of us, again and again, about the value and importance of AFTRA's deal, urging you to vote YES," AFTRA said in its most recent missive (公文). "You've also heard from SAG Hollywood, again and again, about what a bad deal this is. This campaign by SAG is absolutely without precedent in the history of entertainment, likely within labor itself. The [cost] is exorbitant. Flyers, postcards, trade ads, robo calls...the price [mounts] every day."


ThreeMonkeys-41 
Set in the areas of Istanbul rarely visited by foreigners, director Nuri Bilge Ceylan's strange detective story traces the journey of a family who are suddenly dislocated when minor shortcomings explode into exorbitant [deceptions]. Now their only hope of remaining together is to cover up the truth, but can ignoring the hardships and responsibilities that would be impossible to endure ever really [invalidate] the existence of the truth?








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