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valuable
[ val-yoo-uh-buhl, -yuh-buhl ]
adjective
- having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price:
a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
Antonyms: worthless
- having qualities worthy of respect, admiration, or esteem:
a valuable friend.
Antonyms: worthless
- of considerable use, service, or importance:
valuable information.
Antonyms: worthless
noun
- Usually valuables. articles of considerable value, as of personal property, especially those of relatively small size:
They locked their valuables in the hotel safe.
valuable
/ ˈvæljʊəbəl /
adjective
- having considerable monetary worth
- of considerable importance or quality
valuable information
a valuable friend
- able to be valued
noun
- usually plural a valuable article of personal property, esp jewellery
Derived Forms
- ˈvaluableness, noun
- ˈvaluably, adverb
Other Words From
- valu·a·ble·ness noun
- valu·a·bly adverb
- non·valu·a·ble adjective
- over·valu·a·ble adjective
- over·valu·a·ble·ness noun
- over·valu·a·bly adverb
- un·valu·a·ble adjective
- un·valu·a·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Tesla is riding high these days, but two developments could create reputational risks for the world's most valuable car company.
Having worked with Schneider Electric for five years on paid search, the Merkle SEM team had valuable historical information on the business and its paid search trends.
He said GSC would be more valuable for providing patterns of issues & not providing every single URL for each issue.
A crate of pollinators that would have cost just $11 to rent in the 1970s is now more than 10 times as valuable.
If they’re too small, parts of your hand may be exposed, and if they’re too large, valuable heat will escape.
But it performs two distinct functions, both of which are undeniably valuable.
Law-enforcement agencies at all levels of government provide a valuable and often thankless public service in their communities.
According to court testimony by the lead NCIS investigator, it contained various mobile phones and even valuable letters.
Whoever it is that Lebanese officials now have in custody, they clearly think she is valuable and worth publicizing.
They want to pass on valuable intelligence about ISIS positions, and it's ignored.
No man parts wis zat which is valuable, to strangers, wisout a proper honorarium.
I pawned all our jewellery, and as we had a great many valuable things, I got several thousand francs.
Don't waste your valuable time looking for the biggest angleworm in the garden!
He distinguished himself by several military exploits, and wrote some valuable historical works.
It was risky work to leave the valuable convoy for an instant, but Malcolm felt that he must probe this mystery.
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