inestimable
adjective
in·es·ti·ma·ble
(ˌ)i-ˈne-stə-mə-bəl 
1
: incapable of being estimated or computed
storms caused inestimable damage
2
: too valuable or excellent to be measured or appreciated
has performed an inestimable service for his country
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He has made inestimable contributions to our society.
Einstein's inestimable contributions to science.
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
This alone would be of inestimable help to the experts seeking to understand and model the impact of the virus and thus predict its arc going forward.
—Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
But that doesn’t count the inestimable number of individuals who have obtained GLP-1s without prescriptions through unregulated online channels and illicit online compounding pharmacies, many operating overseas.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
The Appalachian Trail is a point of pride for people there, for people in the midst of losing everything; saying it is destroyed based on no data adds insult to inestimable injury.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Inestimable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inestimable. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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inestimable
adjective
in·es·ti·ma·ble
(ˈ)in-ˈes-tə-mə-bəl
1
: impossible to estimate
did inestimable damage
2
: too valuable or excellent to be measured or appreciated
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