Antonyms for valuable

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : val-yoo-uh-buhl, -yuh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæl yu ə bəl, -yə bəl

Definition of valuable

Origin : 1580s, from value (v.) + -able. As a noun, "a valuable thing," from 1775 (in modern use often in plural).

adj very important; priceless
noun prized possession

Example sentences :

They are valuable, but he can do but common things with them because he knows not their possibilities.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Since that time thousands have been added to this valuable collection.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Pears are most valuable when they are canned and used for sauce.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

They will then prove not only valuable, but entirely unharmful.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

What characteristics of cereals make them valuable in the diet?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

A very great writer; and—to my thinking—the most valuable our age possesses.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

All are valuable in an election, and a few of them are honest.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

The pin had been among the most valuable and cherished of his belongings.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

"I am waking up these boys for 1872," writes the valuable phenomenon.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various

The first kind of people are People; they are the largest and probably the most valuable class.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for valuable

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