单词 | unvaluable |
释义 | unvaluableadj. 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. 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). < adj.?1569 |
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