cheapflation.
The practice of decreasing the main ingredient of a product or replacing it altogether with a less costly one but continuing to market it at the same price and size.
Meaning & usage
The practice of decreasing the main ingredient of a product or replacing it altogether with a less costly one but continuing to market it at the same price and size.
An experience of inflation in which the prices of low-cost goods increase faster than those of higher priced goods in the same category.
Where this word comes from
Blend of cheap + inflation. Coined in 2021.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.