Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nontreasure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: non-trea-sure
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something or someone that is not a treasure.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"It's all treasure—in which case, it's all junk. There's no treasure in the world save for its relationship to nontreasure."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

From non- + treasure.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Usage

Inflected Forms

nontreasures (plural) non-treasure (alternative)

Questions

What does nontreasure mean?: Something or someone that is not a treasure.
Where does nontreasure come from?: From non- + treasure.

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