"nontreasure" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nontreasures [plural]
Etymology: From non- + treasure. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|treasure}} non- + treasure Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nontreasure (countable and uncountable, plural nontreasures)
  1. Something or someone that is not a treasure. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: non-treasure

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1982, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Oceanography Miscellaneous:",
          "text": "The hundreds of other wrecks that are nontreasure ships are being destroyed by people, treasure hunters, including professional salvors, who do not have the expertise to determine the difference between them.",
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          "ref": "2012, Tim Clark, The Employee Engagement Mindset, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2012, Robert MacKinnon, Dallas Murphy, Treasure Hunter: Diving for Gold on North America's Death Coast, →ISBN:",
          "text": "In some cases, the presentation of this theory has been useful to stop treasure and nontreasure artifacts from being legally and scientifically recovered by the private sector.",
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          "ref": "2014, Dexter G. Thompson, In Remembrance of Feelings, →ISBN:",
          "text": "And a rock that would fall on it for good measure, which couldn't be dug up because no one would want that particular nontreasure.",
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          "ref": "2012, Robert MacKinnon, Dallas Murphy, Treasure Hunter: Diving for Gold on North America's Death Coast, →ISBN:",
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