UNPRIZABLE Definition & Meaning

unprizable

[ uhn-prahy-zuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not worthy to be prized; prize; of little worth.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of unprizable¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; un- ¹ + prize ² + -able

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That face of his I do remember well; Yet, when I saw it last, it was besmear'd As black as Vulcan, in the smoke of war: A bawbling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught, and bulk, unprizable: With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet, That very envy, and the tongue of loss, Cried fame and honour on him.—

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Your ring may be stolen too; so your brace of unprizable estimations, the one is but frail and the other casual.

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A baubling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable; With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet That very envy and the tongue of loss Cried fame and honour on him.

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That face of his I do remember well: Yet when I saw it last it was besmeared As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war: A bawbling vessel was he captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable; With which such scathful grapple did he make With the most noble bottom of our fleet That very envy and the tongue of los Cried fame and honour on him.—What's the matter?

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