unvaluableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

unvaluable (comparative more unvaluable, superlative most unvaluable)

1. (rare) Not valuable; having little value. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: junky, nonvaluable, two-bit; see also Thesaurus:worthless

   Coordinate terms: valueless, worthless; inexpensive; see also Thesaurus:worthless

   • 2024, Michael Ojugo, Clement Ojugo, Destined for Greatness:

     Because if they never think about you, that means you have never made yourself valuable or unvaluable. You have become a jack of too many trades. So you master nothing.

2. (obsolete) Invaluable; beyond price. [16th–18th c.]

   Synonyms: priceless, inestimable, without price; see also Thesaurus:priceless

   Hypernyms: precious, worthy, valuable; see also Thesaurus:valuable

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 4, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     I kon him thanks that he hath had the hap to chuse, and knowledge to cull-out so worthy a worke, and a booke so fit to the purpose, therewith to make so unvaluable a present unto his Countrie.