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"text": "If we part I shall be tormented by remorse at not having married. If we marry I shall spend my life mentally kicking myself for having so carelessly given up priceless liberty.",
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"ref": "2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 – 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2022-11-20",
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"ref": "1946, Kenneth Fearing, “Earl Janoth II”, in The Big Clock, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 65",
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"ref": "1962, Edna O’Brien, chapter 17, in The Lonely Girl, New York, N.Y.: Plume, Penguin Group, published December 2002, page 155",
"text": "“Duty, har, har,” Simon laughed, as if some laughing machine had been wound up inside him. “Laura would love that. Jesus, that’s priceless; he’s good on propaganda. Duty! God, Laura will love that when she comes.”",
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"ref": "2011, Esi Edugyan, “Berlin 1939”, in Half Blood Blues, London: Serpent’s Tail, page 142",
"text": "Hell, those jacks was laughing and laughing like to wet themselves. Even Ernst had a smile on his face, shaking his head like he ain’t believed what he just seen. ‘Aw, Sid,’ Chip gasped. ‘Holy hell, Sid, you priceless.’",
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"ref": "1993 August 30, Kurt Cobain (lyrics and music), “Heart-Shaped Box”, in In Utero, performed by Nirvana",
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"ref": "2020, Nick Timothy, chapter 5, in Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism, Cambridge: Polity Press, page 120",
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"text": "If we part I shall be tormented by remorse at not having married. If we marry I shall spend my life mentally kicking myself for having so carelessly given up priceless liberty.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 – 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2022-11-20",
"text": "Alan Pardew's current squad has been put together with a relatively low budget but the resolve and unity within the team is priceless.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Held in high regard; treasured."
],
"links": [
[
"Held",
"hold#Verb"
],
[
"high",
"high#Adjective"
],
[
"regard",
"regard#Noun"
],
[
"treasured",
"treasured#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"Held in high regard; treasured."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1946, Kenneth Fearing, “Earl Janoth II”, in The Big Clock, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 65",
"text": "“You son of a bitch,” she exploded. “You talk. You, of all people. You. That’s priceless.”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1962, Edna O’Brien, chapter 17, in The Lonely Girl, New York, N.Y.: Plume, Penguin Group, published December 2002, page 155",
"text": "“Duty, har, har,” Simon laughed, as if some laughing machine had been wound up inside him. “Laura would love that. Jesus, that’s priceless; he’s good on propaganda. Duty! God, Laura will love that when she comes.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Absurd, ridiculous."
],
"links": [
[
"Absurd",
"absurd#Adjective"
],
[
"ridiculous",
"ridiculous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(informal) Absurd, ridiculous."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rich"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011, Esi Edugyan, “Berlin 1939”, in Half Blood Blues, London: Serpent’s Tail, page 142",
"text": "Hell, those jacks was laughing and laughing like to wet themselves. Even Ernst had a smile on his face, shaking his head like he ain’t believed what he just seen. ‘Aw, Sid,’ Chip gasped. ‘Holy hell, Sid, you priceless.’",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very amusing, hilarious."
],
"links": [
[
"amusing",
"amusing#Adjective"
],
[
"hilarious",
"hilarious"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(informal) Very amusing, hilarious."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1993 August 30, Kurt Cobain (lyrics and music), “Heart-Shaped Box”, in In Utero, performed by Nirvana",
"text": "Hey! Wait! I got a new complaint / Forever in debt to your priceless advice",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Excellent, fantastic, wonderful."
],
"links": [
[
"ironic",
"irony"
],
[
"Excellent",
"excellent#Adjective"
],
[
"fantastic",
"fantastic#Adjective"
],
[
"wonderful",
"wonderful#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(informal, often ironic) Excellent, fantastic, wonderful."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"informal",
"ironic",
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with uncommon senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020, Nick Timothy, chapter 5, in Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism, Cambridge: Polity Press, page 120",
"text": "DeepMind, the British company discussed in chapter 2, was sold to Google for £400 million in 2014 without even a golden share for government. It is now priceless, almost certainly not for sale at any price.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Without a price assigned; unpriced."
],
"links": [
[
"assign",
"assign"
],
[
"unpriced",
"unpriced"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literally, uncommon) Without a price assigned; unpriced."
],
"tags": [
"literally",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1905 September, Mrs. John Van Vorst [i.e. Bessie Van Vorst], Marie Van Vorst, “Mrs. Evremond”, in Ainslee’s: The Magazine that Entertains, volume XVI, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Ainslee Magazine Co., →OCLC, page 78, column 2",
"text": "[H]e thought of his late friendship with anger and held it cheap, a priceless imitation for which perhaps he had given a pure jewel in stupid exchange.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of no value; valueless, worthless."
],
"links": [
[
"valueless",
"valueless"
],
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Of no value; valueless, worthless."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɹaɪslɪs/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ləs/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪsləs"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjascénny",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "бясцэ́нны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezcénen",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "безце́нен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "no tenir preu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "無價"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wújià",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "无价"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "nedocenitelný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "van onschatbare waarde"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "mittaamattoman arvokas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "inestimable"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeupasebeli",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "შეუფასებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pasdaudebeli",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "ფასდაუდებელი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uʒvirpasesi",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "უძვირფასესი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "preislos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "unbezahlbar"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anektímitos",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "ανεκτίμητος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "felbecsülhetetlen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "impagabile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "incalcolabile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "inestimabile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "preziosissimo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "senza prezzo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "puraisuresu",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "プライスレス"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "baasız",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "баасыз"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "impretiābilis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "béscenet",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "бе́сценет"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "ard-leagharagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "kāmehameha"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "uvurderlig"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "uvurderleg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bezcenny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "inestimável"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bescénnyj",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "бесце́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neocenímyj",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "неоцени́мый"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "neoceniteľný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "inestimable"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "obetalbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "oskattbar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "ovärderlig"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "velalēni",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "వెలలేని"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "paha biçilemez"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezcínnyj",
"sense": "so precious as not to be sold at any price",
"word": "безці́нний"
}
],
"word": "priceless"
}
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