inappreciableadj.
/ɪnəˈpriːʃɪəb(ə)l/ Not appreciable.† 1. That cannot be sufficiently appreciated, valued, or esteemed; invaluable, priceless. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adjective] > invaluable
impreciable1502
invaluable1576
inestimable1579
priceless1594
valueless1610
impretiable1639
inappreciable1787
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 153 His knowledge and integrity render his value inappreciable.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon I. iii. 86 A barrier of inappreciable value.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xvii. 446 Gratitude for his inappreciable services.
2. Too inconsiderable to be estimated or valued; imperceptible; of no consequence.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree
superfine1575
tiny1598
minute1606
exiguous1630
myriate1665
delicate1692
miniature1714
infinitesimal1733
diminutive1741
weeny1790
inappreciable1802
teeny1802
scrumptious1834
teeny-weeny1842
teeny-tiny1849
tee-tiny1872
minuscule1878
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > (naturally) imperceptible to senses > so slight, etc., as to be imperceptible
imperceptible?a1475
unsensible1545
insensible1584
undistinguishable1600
indistinguishable1642
inappreciable1862
1802 J. Smithson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 14 Excepting an inappretiable quantity of vitriol of lime.
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 69 An atom is..inappreciable by any of the senses.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 16 The rise from the river to their summits would be almost inappreciable in a diagram.
3. Not capable of being appreciated; beyond the appreciation of some person, etc.
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1855 F. P. Cobbe Ess. Intuitive Morals I. 36 Their libraries of wisdom, their galleries of beauty, inappreciable to beast and bird.
Derivatives
inaˈppreciably adv. without, beyond, or beneath appreciation; imperceptibly.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb]
unseyenlyc1175
unvisiblyc1380
invisibly1382
unperceivablyc1390
unseeablya1395
unsightilyc1440
unsightfullyc1480
undiscernably1594
imperceptibly1603
imperceivably1617
indiscernibly1636
undiscernibly1655
inconspicuously1661
viewlessly1826
inappreciably1860
1860 C. Patmore Faithful for Ever in Sat. Rev. 10 Nov. 590 One athirst, who comes thereby And inappreciably sips The deep with disappointed lips.
1893 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 56 274/1 Inappreciably as the fact imports my contention.
1900 N.E.D. at Inappreciable Mod. The difference is inappreciably minute.
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adj.1787