white elephantnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌwaɪt ˈel.ɪ.fənt/us/ˌwaɪt ˈel.ɪ.fənt/disapprovingsomething that has cost a lot of money but has no useful purpose
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expensive & luxurious
- costly
- delicacy
- deluxe
- exclusive
- executive
- expense
- expensive
- grand
- grandly
- lush
- luxurious
- no expense is spared idiom
- opulent
- plush
- premium-rate
- priceless
- sumptuous
- swish
- tony
- unaffordable
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