unprizable

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adjective

Not prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.

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Meanings

adjectiveunprizable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteNot prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.

    A bawbling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;

    c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]
  2. not comparableobsoleteInvaluable; whose value is beyond estimation.

    Shee is a Pearle, that is vnprizable;

    1625, Nicholas Breton, “A Quyet Woman”, in Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, page 45
    1 more example

    If in all your boundless Store A Blessing so unprizable there be, Crown whate’er you gave before With a true Friend, full of Sincerity:

    1725, Henry Baker, “The Petition”, in Original Poems: Serious and Humourous, London: for the author, page 2

Origin

From un- + prizable.

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unprizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprizable

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Chicago

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