invaluable

in·val·u·a·ble

 (ĭn-văl′yo͞o-ə-bəl)
adj.
Of inestimable value; priceless: invaluable paintings; invaluable help.

in·val′u·a·ble·ness n.
in·val′u·a·bly adv.
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invaluable

(ɪnˈvæljʊəbəl)
adj
having great value that is impossible to calculate; priceless
inˈvaluableness n
inˈvaluably adv
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in•val•u•a•ble

(ɪnˈvæl yu ə bəl)

adj.
beyond calculable value; of inestimable worth; priceless.
[1570–80]
in•val′u•a•ble•ness, n.
in•val′u•a•bly, adv.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

invaluable

If you say that someone or something is invaluable, you mean that they are extremely useful.

He was an invaluable source of information.
This experience proved invaluable later on.

Invaluable is not the opposite of valuable. If you want to say that an object has no value at all, you can say that it is worthless or not worth anything.

The goods are often worthless by the time they arrive.
I started collecting his pictures when they weren't worth anything.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.invaluable - having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth
valuable - having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange; "a valuable diamond"
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invaluable

adjective precious, valuable, priceless, costly, inestimable, beyond price, worth your or its weight in gold Their advice was invaluable to me at that stage of my work.
cheap, worthless, valueless, rubbishy
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invaluable

adjective
Of great value:
Idioms: beyond price, of great price.
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Translations
لا يُقَدَّر، لا يُثَمَّن
neocenitelný
uvurderlig
unschätzbar
inestimable
inestimable
felbecsülhetetlen
ómetanlegur
preziosoinapprezzabileinestimabile
neįkainojamas
nenovērtējamsvērtīgs
uvurderlig
neprecenljiv
çok değerlipaha biçilmez
无价的无法估价的

invaluable

[ɪnˈvæljʊəbl] ADJinapreciable, inestimable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

invaluable

[ɪnˈvæljuəbəl] adj [help, experience, information, contribution] → inestimable
to prove invaluable (= be very useful) → s'avérer inestimable
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

invaluable

adjunbezahlbar; service, role, help, contributionunschätzbar; advice, experience, jewel, treasurevon unschätzbarem Wert; to be invaluable (to somebody)(für jdn) von unschätzbarem Wert sein; to be an invaluable source of somethingeine ausgezeichnete Quelle für etw sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

invaluable

[ɪnˈvæljʊəbl] adjestremamente prezioso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

invaluable

(inˈvӕljuəbl) adjective
of value too great to be estimated. Thank you for your invaluable help.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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