unvaluable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English value Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English valuable English unvaluable From un- + valuable. Piecewise doublet of invaluable.
Meanings
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(rare) Not valuable; having little value.
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.
2024, Michael Ojugo, Clement Ojugo, Destined for Greatness:
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(obsolete) Invaluable; beyond price.
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.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 4, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unvaluable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unvaluable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
not worth a curse · not worth a cent · not worth salt · not worth a Continental · mouldy · wutless · crapalicious · screwy · jabberwocky · unvaluable · not worth a plug nickel · blown · no-account · tenth-rate · rubbishy · valueless · not worth a whistle · shitstained · bastardly · not worth hell room · draffy · chaffy · nonvaluable · worthless · vain · drecky · pissass · shitty-ass · not worth a brass farthing · garbagey · not worth a farthing · shand · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · cruddy · good-for-nothing · cocking · two-bit · goodless · naughty · triobolar · unappreciated · ineffectual · junky · scabbed · rubbishly · good-for-naught · cullionly · dreckish · no good / no-good · not worth a nickel · worthless · trinkety · strawlike · not worth a cress · putid · tripy · fucking · duffing · toshy · mucid · valueless · suckworthy · sixpenny · inexpensive · for the birds · punk · draffish · of no value · not worth a damn · worth nothing · shit · shitey · invaluable · not worth a dime · scummy · sorry-ass · cacky · nought · not worth a penny
Deriveds
Hypernyms
estimable · precious · treasurous · worth every penny · worthy · valuable · worthly · valuable · prizable · worthy
Synonyms
not worth hell room · invaluable · good-for-naught · mouldy · not worth a penny · draffy · shitstained · dreckish · shand · scummy · unvaluable · garbagey · not worth a plug nickel · tripy · not worth a dime · unappreciated · inestimable · vain · mucid · fucking · sixpenny · no good / no-good · for the birds · rubbishly · scabbed · shit · tenth-rate · two-bit · worth one's weight in gold · toshy · invaluable · cocking · chaffy · pissass · ineffectual · bastardly · junky · shitty-ass · putid · without price · not worth a farthing · worthless · not worth a cent · strawlike · no-account · unvaluable · junky · precious · not worth a curse · rubbishy · duffing · goodless · not worth a brass farthing · cacky · without price · crapalicious · worth nothing · priceless · punk · not worth a damn · jabberwocky · not worth a cress · naughty · not worth a whistle · good-for-nothing · not worth salt · drecky · suckworthy · nonvaluable · two-bit · nonvaluable · shitey · wutless · unpriced · screwy · nought · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · priceless · of no value · sorry-ass · not worth a Continental · cruddy · trinkety · triobolar · not worth a nickel · valueless · draffish · cullionly · blown