Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not salable; not in demand; not meeting a ready sale: as, unsalable goods.
- noun That which is unsalable or cannot be sold.
- noun Also spelled
unsaleable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not salable; unmerchantable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which cannot be
sold . - adjective Not
salable ;unmerchantable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective impossible to sell
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Examples
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Why do you think publishers find these stories so "unsalable"?
Bookslut 2009
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However, unsalable though it be, it's awful purty.
the lark sings first and the thrush sings best sartorias 2009
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Depending on your point of view, it would either wisely curtail unhealthy development in rural areas, or strangle the economic future of hardworking farmers by rendering their land unsalable.
O'Malley's bold proposals on environment face sizable challenges Robert McCartney 2011
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Depending on your point of view, it would either wisely curtail unhealthy development in rural areas, or strangle the economic future of hardworking farmers by rendering their land unsalable.
O'Malley's bold proposals on environment face sizable challenges Robert McCartney 2011
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But Holly Lisle tells the cautionary tale of her romance-writing effort, which ended in a very bad and unsalable novel because her interest was not in the romance genre, but fantasy.
Money and the Writer with Autism or A.S. nissa_amas_katoj 2009
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Last July, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that Johnson is entitled to damages from the pesticide cooperative that contaminated his fields, rendering his crop unsalable in the organic market.
Alex Formuzis: Chemical Ag's Flyboys Often Miss the Mark Alex Formuzis 2011
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I was also on a mission to convince my favorite local fishmonger, Blue Moon Fish, to carry eel, because they were so plentiful in the waters but were thought to be unsalable.
Cathy Erway: Reason for Not Eating Out #49: Getting Over Your Food Fears Cathy Erway 2012
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The mortgage-backed securities the banks had bought became unsalable and lost much of their value.
Paul A. London: Unemployment and the Deficit: The Disconnect Paul A. London 2011
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I was also on a mission to convince my favorite local fishmonger, Blue Moon Fish, to carry eel, because they were so plentiful in the waters but were thought to be unsalable.
Cathy Erway: Reason for Not Eating Out #49: Getting Over Your Food Fears Cathy Erway 2012
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The mortgage-backed securities the banks had bought became unsalable and lost much of their value.
Paul A. London: Unemployment and the Deficit: The Disconnect Paul A. London 2011
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