inestimable

[ in-es-tuh-muh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being estimated or assessed.

  2. too large or great to be estimated or appreciated: The flood caused inestimable damage.

  1. of incalculable value; valuable beyond measure; priceless: jewels of inestimable worth.

Origin of inestimable

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word inaestimābilis.See in-3, estimable

Other words from inestimable

  • in·es·ti·ma·bil·i·ty, in·es·ti·ma·ble·ness, noun
  • in·es·ti·ma·bly, adverb

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How to use inestimable in a sentence

  • Moreover, the great value which La Briere attached to her opinion filled Modeste with an emotion that was inestimably sweet.

    Modeste Mignon | Honore de Balzac
  • Thus, to hungering and thirsting souls, the communion becomes inestimably precious.

  • Hapgood, a man wouldn't care what he had to give up if he knew he was making for something inestimably precious.

    If Winter Comes | A.S.M. Hutchinson
  • I bore my share of that inestimably precious burden with a manly tenderness, with a fatherly care.

    The Woman in White | Wilkie Collins
  • As one to whom she was inestimably dear, was he right in allowing her to leave him, if only for a few months?

    New Grub Street | George Gissing

British Dictionary definitions for inestimable

inestimable

/ (ɪnˈɛstɪməbəl) /


adjective
  1. not able to be estimated; immeasurable

  2. of immeasurable value

Derived forms of inestimable

  • inestimability or inestimableness, noun
  • inestimably, adverb

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