1
a
: having a value beyond any price : invaluable
b
: costly because of rarity or quality : precious
2
: having worth in terms of other than market value
3
: delightfully amusing, odd, or absurd
pricelessly
adverb
Examples of priceless in a Sentence
a priceless piece of information
The look on his face was priceless.
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Last Friday, three men who were convicted of stealing priceless golden artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands were sentenced to serve 47 months apiece in prison.
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News Desk, Artforum, 9 June 2026
Radical approaches to what is precious and what is worthless—or appraisal—have always been more than the inversion of that which is useless made priceless, what was originally meant to be ephemeral made timeless.
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The accessibility of the games – coming to markets where no World Cup matches will be played, such as Saturday’s match between the USA and Germany in Chicago – and the relative affordability of those tickets has turned meaningless games into priceless memories.
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This oversized lace-trim T-shirt blouse costs just $18 but looks priceless.
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News Desk, Artforum, 9 June 2026
Radical approaches to what is precious and what is worthless—or appraisal—have always been more than the inversion of that which is useless made priceless, what was originally meant to be ephemeral made timeless.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The accessibility of the games – coming to markets where no World Cup matches will be played, such as Saturday’s match between the USA and Germany in Chicago – and the relative affordability of those tickets has turned meaningless games into priceless memories.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
This oversized lace-trim T-shirt blouse costs just $18 but looks priceless.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for priceless
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“Priceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/priceless. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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priceless
adjective
price·less
ˈprī-sləs 
1
: too valuable to have a price : not to be bought at any price
2
: very funny or strange
a priceless remark
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