unsaleable
English
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈseɪləbl̩/
- Homophone: unsailable
- Hyphenation: un‧sale‧able
Adjective
[edit]unsaleable (comparative more unsaleable, superlative most unsaleable)
- Not sellable.
- Synonyms: unsellable, unmerchantable, unmarketable
- Antonyms: salable, sellable, merchantable, marketable
- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:
- Rita was drifting about the shop one morning, and had stopped to meditate glumly over an unsaleable collection of old chairs, when a little old man entered the shop and stopped to eject a loud snort at the chairs, too.
- 1963 January, G. Freeman Allen, “Why B.R. are dropping high-power diesel-hydraulics”, in Modern Railways, page 25:
- After the fully documented records have been made available for study by experts of other railways in a few months' time, the high-powered diesel-hydraulic locomotive might become an increasingly unsaleable commodity in world markets.
- 1986 February 15, Kim Westheimer, “Canada Censors U.S. Gay, Lesbian Magazines”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 3:
- When Torso, a gay male magazine, arrived at Little Sister's bookstore this month, 42 out of 75 pages had been ripped out of it, making it unsaleable.
Derived terms
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Noun
[edit]unsaleable (plural unsaleables)
- Something that cannot be sold.