Out-of-print

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    No longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market. not-comparable

    "I'm sorry, but that book has been out-of-print for twenty years."

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"He buys and sells new, used, and old books. The rarer ones, out-of-print editions, are quite expensive."

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