unmarketable
Americanadjective
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There followed a long period when silent films were virtually unmarketable, and the lifework of many actors and directors disappeared into warehouses or dissolved into silver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Furthermore, trawling doesn't discriminate, frequently scooping up aquatic life that is unmarketable, or sometimes even illegal to fish, right along with any desired catch.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2024
“Honeydew fouls foliage and fruit. The fruit becomes unmarketable, thus presenting a huge economic problem for growers of apples, cherries, peaches and grapes,” said Michael Raupp, an entomology professor emeritus at the University of Maryland.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022
For real strangeness in novels, you usually have to voyage to lands that still tolerate the obdurate, the sleazy, the resentful, the offline and any other attributes presently considered unmarketable.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
Some leaf crops were so burned and spotted as to be unmarketable.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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