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unpriceable

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ priceable.

Adjective

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unpriceable (not comparable)

  1. Not priceable.
    Hyponyms: priceless, invaluable
    The owners are willing to sell, but the property seems almost unpriceable at the moment, as its market value depends on so many volatile factors: the proposed rezoning, the impending merger of the largest local employer, the outcome of the highway redevelopment proposal, and more.
    • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids:
      The plutocratic-looking balloon with the puddle of unpriceable brandy was mine.
    • 2007 August 12, Ben Stein, “Chicken Little’s Brethren, on the Trading Floor”, in New York Times[1]:
      News last Thursday that a small amount of unpriceable subprime mortgages was in a BNP Paribas fund in France sent the markets in Europe and the United States sharply lower.

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