inestimable

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  1. adjective Impossible to estimate or compute: inestimable damage. See Synonyms at incalculable.
  2. adjective Of immeasurable value or worth; invaluable: "shared all the inestimable advantages of being wealthy, good-looking, confident and intelligent” (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

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  • GMAC cited a comment on Scoretop. com by a user who said the value of the test information on the site was "inestimable." —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • What's happening: "Wall Street isn't remotely prepared for the inestimable damage the financial system would suffer if A.I.G. collapsed." —  EdCone.com
  • John Cheever was inordinately fond of the word "inestimable": It shows up twice in the brief preface to —  Home | The New York Observer
  • But Wall Street isn't remotely prepared for the inestimable damage the financial system would suffer if A.I.G. collapsed.
  • "But Wall Street isn't remotely prepared for the inestimable damage the financial system would suffer if AIG collapsed." —  Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com
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  1. from Middle English inestimable, from Old French (also F.) inestimable = Provencal inestimable = Spanish inestimable = Portuguese inestimavel = Italian inestimabile, from h. inæstimabilis, inestimable, from in- privative + æstimabilis, worthy of estimation: see estimable.
 

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