unpriceableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈprʌɪsəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpraɪsəb(ə)l/ 1. Beyond price; inestimable, priceless.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] > beyond valuation
unprizablec1400
unvaluable?1569
invaluable1576
inestimable1579
unvalued1590
priceless1594
unprized1601
invalued1603
unrateable1629
unpriceablea1641
unpriced1839
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 39 This unpriceable benefit conferred upon man.
a1859 W. C. Roscoe Violenzia iii. i, in Poems & Ess. (1860) I. 279 I had no crown to lose but my heart's crown; No wealth but my heart's wealth—unpriceable.
1937 Illustr. London News 20 Mar. 476/1 One does not expect the Ecclesiastical Commissioners..to have much regard for so indefinable and unpriceable a quality as beauty.
2002 Australian (Nexis) 31 Oct. 10 The unpriceable joys and gratification of parenting.
2. Incapable of being priced.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [adjective] > that cannot be priced
unpriceable1890
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Apr. 3/1 2,218 lots in all, and not a few of which are almost unpriceable.
1918 M. B. Reckitt & C. E. Bechhofer Meaning National Guilds viii. 306 Labour in the Guilds would be recognised as the human element in industry, and, therefore, as unmarketable and unpriceable.
2008 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 13 The American taxpayer is being asked to buy, at some fictional value, bad debt, which is unpriceable because it has negative value.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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