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valueless, a.|ˈvæljuːlɪs|
[f. value n.]
1. Destitute of value; having no value.
1595Shakes. John iii. i. 101 You haue beguil'd me with a counterfeit Resembling Maiesty, which being touch'd and tride, Proues valuelesse. 1684Foxe's A. & M. III. 102/1 The Sentence..might not be found faulty and valueless [earlier edd. valureless]. 1782F. Burney Cecilia vii. vi, One single obstacle has power to render them valueless. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose vi, Take them, therefore—they are to me valueless trinkets. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxvii, It was found that all his property..was represented by valueless shares in different bubble companies. 1871Freeman Hist. Ess. Ser. i. ix. 262 Like all chronicles of the kind, it is valueless alike for prophecy and for early history.
2. Priceless, invaluable. rare—1.
1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. iv. 281 Infinite mines of adamant and gold, Valueless stones, and unimagined gems.
Hence ˈvaluelessness.
1838Lond. & Westm. Rev. XXIX. 58 The valuelessness of all prior statistics of crime. 1881Bruce Chief End Revelation iv. 189 The Spinozan doctrine as to the valuelessness of miracles for the purpose of revealing God. |