unprizable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + prizable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Not prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.
A bawbling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;
c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Invaluable; whose value is beyond estimation.
If in all your boundless Store A Blessing so unprizable there be, Crown whate’er you gave before With a true Friend, full of Sincerity:
1725, Henry Baker, “The Petition”, in Original Poems: Serious and Humourous, London: for the author, page 2:Shee is a Pearle, that is vnprizable;
1625, Nicholas Breton, “A Quyet Woman”, in Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, page 45: