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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Inappreciable.

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  • Accordingly, in the case of two of the learned faculties at least, their services are considered as unappreciable, and are acknowledged, not by any exact estimate of the services rendered, but by a honorarium, or voluntary acknowledgment.

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • Among those deserving a particular mention is that of the Sierra de Timulco and that of Potrerillos, by the good ley of the metals of the mines of the first, and by the uniformity of the veins and not unappreciable richness of the second.

    Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Robert A. Wilson

  • His most delicate love scene may be spoiled irrevocably by an actor incapable of profound emotion daintily expressed; his most imaginative creation of a hard and cruel character may be rendered unappreciable by an actor of too persuasive charm.

    The Theory of the Theatre Clayton Hamilton

  • Sight, revealing itself as a sense, spreads over a span commensurate with the diameter of the whole visible space; sight, revealing itself as a Sensation, dwindles to a speck of almost unappreciable insignificance, when compared with the other phenomena which fall within the visual ken.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various

  • Now Echegaray, desiring to retell in modern terms the old familiar story of a man and a woman who, at first innocent in their relationship, are allured by unappreciable degrees to the sudden realisation of a great passion for each other, asked himself what force it was, in modern life, which would perform for them most tragically the sinful service of Gallehault.

    The Theory of the Theatre Clayton Hamilton

  • Descent though almost unappreciable, yet amounts to 1,000 feet.

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

  • Out of it they created a world of art unknown and unappreciable by those who cannot view it as it exists in the consecrated localities and amid the solemn associations whence it originated.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various

  • These are social values, certain to make their influence felt in days to come, and by no means unappreciable already.

    Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe

  • This improves greatly with age up to the fifth year -- after that the change is unappreciable.

    Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams

  • I read one of the most extraordinary books by one of the most notable authors the other day, and he said the effect on world trade was almost unappreciable, it was insignificant because it didn't touch the root of the matter.

    Australia and the Empire 1938

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