Meaning & use

invaluable

adjective·Academic

So useful, important, or precious that its worth cannot be measured.

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Her advice during the negotiation proved invaluable to the final deal.

Local volunteers played an invaluable role in the disaster recovery effort.

A note on using this word

"Invaluable" does not mean lacking value; despite the prefix in-, it means more valuable than can be measured, unlike the simpler word "valuable."

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