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• out-of-print
  out-of-print

  adjective

  being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted.
• out of print
  out of print

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

out-of-print

American  

[out-uhv-print] / ˈaʊt əvˈprɪnt /

adjective

1. being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted.

   a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.

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noun

1. a book, pamphlet, etc., that is no longer published.

out of print Idioms  

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

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Etymology

Origin of out-of-print

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

There, I stumble on titles I’ve never seen, by authors I’ve never heard of, alongside out-of-print classics I don’t own.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

I found a healthy alternative in Todd Grimson’s vampire novel, “Stainless,” an out-of-print book from 1996 that was republished this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Boggs discovered him when he came across an out-of-print children’s book called “Little Man, Little Man,” a collaboration between Cazac and Baldwin that prompted Boggs’ search.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

But as a kinesiology student at Fresno State, he was handed an out-of-print textbook that told him he had it all wrong.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

I was about to hang up, then I said, “Well, as long as you’ve gone this far, call Argosy on Fifty-ninth Street. They specialize in out-of-print stuff.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman