unprizable

[ uhn-prahy-zuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. not worthy to be prized; prize; of little worth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unprizable¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; un- ¹ + prize ² + -able

Example Sentences

That face of his I do remember well; Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'd As black as Vulcan, in the smoke of war: A bawbling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught, and bulk, unprizable: With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet, That very envy, and the tongue of loss, Cried fame and honour on him.—

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So your brace of unprizable estimations, the one is but frail and the other casual; a cunning thief, or a that-way-accomplish'd courtier, would hazard the winning both of first and last.

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So your brace of unprizable estimations, the one is but frail and the other casual; a cunning thief, or a that-way-accomplish'd courtier, would hazard the winning both of first and last.

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Your ring may be stolen too; so your brace of unprizable estimations, the one is but frail and the other casual.

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A baubling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable; With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet That very envy and the tongue of loss Cried fame and honour on him.

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