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unsaleable

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈseɪləbl̩/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English saleable English unsaleable From un- + saleable.

  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.

    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.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English saleable English unsaleable From un- + saleable.

  1. Something that cannot be sold.