Unsaleable

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that cannot be sold.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not sellable.

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to sell wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unmarketableunmerchantableunsalableunsalableunsellableunsellable

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From un- + saleable.

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