🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

터무니없는

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: teomunieomneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exorbitant/ɪɡˈzɔːr.bɪ.tənt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 그 서비스에 대해 터무니없는 요금을 지불했다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Exceeding customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount, or size, especially relating to prices or fees.

    "The luxury hotel charged an exorbitant fee for standard internet access."
  2. 2

    Going far beyond what is fair, reasonable, or tolerable in scope or action.

    "Citizens protested against the exorbitant taxes imposed by the municipal government."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'exorbitantem', present participle of 'exorbitare', meaning to wander out of the orbit or track (from 'ex-' out + 'orbita' track or wheel rut). By the 15th century, the term shifted from a literal physical deviation to a figurative description of prices, demands, or charges that go far beyond customary or acceptable limits.

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