unvaluable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈvæljuəbəl/ UK /ʌnˈvæljuəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
beyond price; of inestimable worth (archaic for invaluable)

The manuscript was an unvaluable relic of the ancient library.

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Synonyms

1 adj · beyond price; of... invaluable priceless inestimable precious incalculable

Opposites

valueless worthless

Word family

Related forms value valuable invaluable valuation

Etymology

From un- ('not') plus valuable, from value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir ('to be worth'), from Latin valēre ('to be strong, be worth').

un- Old English valēre Latin

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# unvaluable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ʌnˈvæljuəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ʌnˈvæljuəbəl/

## Meanings
1. beyond price; of inestimable worth (archaic for invaluable)

## Examples
- The manuscript was an unvaluable relic of the ancient library.

## Synonyms
- invaluable
- priceless
- inestimable
- precious
- incalculable

## Antonyms
- valueless
- worthless

## Related Forms
- value
- valuable
- invaluable
- valuation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: valēre

## Etymology
From un- ('not') plus valuable, from value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir ('to be worth'), from Latin valēre ('to be strong, be worth').

## AI Etymology
Unvaluable comes from un- ('not') plus valuable, from value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir ('to be worth'), from Latin valēre ('to be strong, be worth'). The historical chain includes Old English un- and Latin valēre. The quoted older senses, "not", "to be worth", and "to be strong, be worth", supply the semantic anchors for unvaluable. The formation is best read as participial and borrowed: the word unvaluable carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "beyond price; of inestimable worth (archaic for invaluable)". Related English forms include value, valuable, invaluable, and valuation. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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