inestimable
adjUK /ɪnˈɛstɪməbl/ · /ɪˈnɛs.tɪ.mə.bəl/
Etymology From Middle French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestimābilis (“estimable”). Equivalent to in- + estimable.
1
Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
- The Voyager spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.
- He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.1776, United States Declaration of Independence:
2
Venerable, great.
- On my arrival hither I found a letter from the inestimable Mr. Wythe, by which he informs me that in consequence of a late act of our general assembly he remains the sole judge of the high court of chancery.1789, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 15:
- Derived terms
- inestimableness, inestimably