Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)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.

  2. (not comparable)Venerable, great.

    unschätzbar

More definitions
  • beyond calculation or measure

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The extent of the damage is inestimable.

    ruМасштабы ущерба неоценимы.

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Translations

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Venerable, great:

Origin

From Middle French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestim

From Middle French inestimable, from Latin inaestimābilis, from in (“un-”, “not”) + aestimābilis (“estimable”). Equivalent to in- + estimable.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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