unpricedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈprʌɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈpraɪst/ 1. Having no fixed, marked, or stated price.
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a1777 J. White Adventures John of Gaunt (1790) III. xxxi. 205 We shall not dare to ask a lawful tribute for his head, but must send him home unpriced.
1809 T. F. Dibdin Bibliomania 30 A good copy of it, even unpriced, is worth a guinea.
1914 Painters Mag. Aug. 508/1 People may stop to look at unpriced goods, but they will not come in to buy them.
2004 Guardian (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 9 Carbon dioxide's production of greenhouse gas is not factored into its price—in the jargon, an unpriced externality.
2. Beyond price; priceless. Now rare.
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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
1839 Boston Recorder 1 Feb. 19/3 He that will keep, with toil unpriced, His skirts from blood, and souls from loss.
1858 J. M. Neale tr. Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix 27 Thine ageless walls are bonded With amethyst unpriced.
1902 T. Hardy Poems Past & Present 223 Heir-looms unpriced I sacrificed, Until debt-free I stood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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