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English
Etymology
From un- + valuable.
Adjective
unvaluable (comparative more unvaluable, superlative most unvaluable)
- (rare) Not valuable; having little value.
- Synonym: nonvaluable
- Coordinate terms: valueless, worthless; inexpensive
- (obsolete) Invaluable; beyond price.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 4, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val 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.