Meaning of nontreasure | Babel Free

Definitions

Something or someone that is not a treasure.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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