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单词 unvaluable
释义

unvaluableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈvaluable.
1.
a. Of inestimable value; = invaluable adj. 1. Obsolete. (Common in 17th cent.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] > beyond valuation
unprizablec1400
unvaluable?1569
invaluable1576
inestimable1579
unvalued1590
priceless1594
unprized1601
invalued1603
unrateable1629
unpriceablea1641
unpriced1839
?1569 T. Norton Warnyng agaynst Papistes sig. Aij Thinke vpon the..miseries that we all shalbe like to susteine by losse of her vnualuable presence.
a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 160 The riches..caried owt of these citties..was unvaluable.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. I4v/2 That Jewell, Because it had no flame, you held unvaluable.
1691 W. Nicholls Answer Naked Gospel 21 When he hath sent his only begotten Son..to purchase our Redemption by such an unvaluable price.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 153 The use of our Hand, that unvaluable Instrument.
1712 London Gaz. No. 5037/6 The Blessings of Peace are unvaluable.
b. Incalculable; = invaluable adj. 1b. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > that cannot be estimated
inconsiderable1598
unavaluable1638
unvaluable1638
1638 F. Rous Heavenly Acad. ix. 132 It is an unvaluable losse, that men doe so much divide the outward Teacher from the inward.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 225 Debasing the Forraign estimation of our Cloth to the unvaluable damage of our Nation.
a1683 J. Oldham Remains in Verse & Prose 7 in Wks. & Remains (1684) Her Dowry..Which..we never gain, But with unvaluable Cost.
2. Of no value, worthless; = invaluable adj. 2. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless
naughteOE
unworthc960
nought worthOE
unworthya1240
vaina1300
lewd1362
base?1510
to be nothing toc1520
stark naught1528
nothing worth1535
worthilessa1542
draffish1543
baggage1548
dunghill?1555
valureless1563
toyish1572
worthless1573
out (forth) of door (also doors)1574
leaden1577
riff-raff1577
drafty1582
fecklessc1586
dudgeon?1589
nought-worth1589
tenpenny1592
wanwordy?a1595
shotten herring1598
nugatory1603
unvalued1604
priceless1614
unvaluable1615
valuelessa1616
waste1616
trashya1620
draffy1624
stramineous1624
invaluable1640
roly-poly?1645
nugatorious1646
perquisquilian1647
niffling1649
lazy1671
wanworth1724
little wortha1754
flimsy1756
waff1788
null1790
nothingy1801
nothingly1802
twopenny-halfpenny1809
not worth a flaw1810
garbage1817
peanut1836
duffing1839
trash1843
no-account1845
no-count1851
punky1859
rummagy1872
junky1880
skilligalee1883
footle1894
punk1896
wherry-go-nimble1901
junk1908
rinky-dink1913
schlock1916
tripe1927
duff1938
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
expendable1942
(strictly) for the birds1943
tripey1955
schlocky1960
naff1964
dipshit1968
cack1978
1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes ii. 57 If..nature..deny health, how vnualuable are their riches.
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 55 To render those precious words unvaluable and of no signification.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 89 The unvaluable Deformities of Singleness and Novelty.
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 15 I think the burnet so unvaluable, as to design to root it out of my ground.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last iv. 118 In proportion as it leads away from life, it is unvaluable or malignant.

Derivatives

unˈvaluableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > worthlessness
ames-ace?a1300
noughtinessa1500
unworthness1587
worthlessness1604
vacuity1613
idlenessa1650
nothingness1652
unvaluableness1665
jackstraw1828
valuelessness1830
trashiness1857
dead-beatism1869
1665 Dk. Ormonde in Earl Orrery St. Lett. (1742) 133 The cry was so great, upon the unvaluableness of the clothes given to the soldiery, that [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.?1569
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