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  • adjective Not precious.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ precious

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Examples

  • He looked around at all the little dug up heaps of unprecious metal.

    They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010

  • I feel like a dope* marking so many unprecious items against loss, when all I really want returned from camp is this eleven-year-old boy.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • I feel like a dope* marking so many unprecious items against loss, when all I really want returned from camp is this eleven-year-old boy.

    French Word-A-Day: 2006

  • I feel like a dope* marking so many unprecious items against loss, when all I really want returned from camp is this eleven-year-old boy.

    gourde - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • I feel like a dope* marking so many unprecious items against loss, when all I really want returned from camp is this eleven-year-old boy.

    gourde - French Word-A-Day 2006

  • Most unworthy of mortals, we had found the rarest of unprecious things — a crocodile that had died a natural death.

    The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

  • It doesn't bug me that you're wasting your obviously unprecious time filling up my guestbook with nonsense, but it does bug me that you sound so angry.

    withkerth Diary Entry withkerth 2001

  • He looked around at all the little dug up heaps of unprecious metal.

    To The Hilt Francis, Dick, 1920- 1996

  • Most unworthy of mortals, we had found the rarest of unprecious things -- a crocodile that had died a natural death.

    Confessions of a Beachcomber 1887

  • They were certainly ephemeral and unprecious; he meant them for mass publication, for practical use.

    Art Knowledge News Holland Carter 2010

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