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out-of-print

[ out-uhv-print ]
/ ˈaʊt əvˈprɪnt /
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adjective
being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
noun
a book, pamphlet, etc., that is no longer published.
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Origin of out-of-print

First recorded in 1665–75
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out of print

see under in print; also see go out, def. 6.

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