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unvalued

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having been valued or appraised.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • an unvalued estate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not considered to be of worth; deemed valueless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • c. 1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, I, iii For he himself is subject to his birth; / He may not, as unvalued persons do, / Carve for himself, for on his choice depends / The safety and health of this whole state, / And therefore must his choice be circumscribed / Unto the voice and yielding of that body / Whereof he is the head.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having inestimable value; invaluable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

having value that is not acknowledged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unappreciated, unsung

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English valued English unvalued From un- + valued.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Manx: neuleaghit — not having been valued/appraised