costliness

costly | American Dictionary

costly
adjective
us/ˈkɔs·tli/

costlyadjective (MAKING YOU SPEND MONEY)

expensive:
This procedure can be very costly.

costlyadjective (MAKING YOU GIVE OR LOSE SOMETHING)

done by making you give or lose something of value:
Her costly mistake allowed the opponents to score.

costly | Business English

costly
adjective
uk /ˈkɒstli/us
costing a lot of money:
costly repairs
The delays in the schedule proved very costly.
harmful, and involving a lot of loss or damage:
Their failure to consult staff members was a costly mistake.

Examples of costly

costly
However, this costlier route benefits large sections of people.
In other words, mating might be less costly in outcrossing than in selfing species.
In addition, this disease is associated with a significant socioeconomic impact, often involving long-term disability and costly treatments.
Though more costly, the more sustainable option is the use of green manures.
Given only raw geometry data in the form of a mesh, it might be costly to compute the weight functions.
As local courts are costly and unable to cope with the number of cases, village meetings to arbitrate in land matters have become more popular.
In any case, readers should realize that developing large item pools is quite costly and may prove to be prohibitive for some.
Any statistical test would involve at least 10 executions of a similar procedure - a costly endeavor.
Such a programme, however, would be costly and would involve significant investment in research.
However, these representations are more costly in time and space compared with representing each band as a vector.
The bank will only use the less costly of the two methods.
Other research has also found that tillage can be less costly than hand weeding7,37 and mulching38,39.
Teleconsultations for children were significantly more costly than clinic attendances because of the costs of the technology.
Once the utilization became greater than 82.3 percent, the automated system became dominant, that is, both less costly and more effective.
The process of collection of such measures can be costly, and there may be problems associated with the ability of the patient to complete them.
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