release
verb (used with object)
to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.
unreleasable
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a word derived from
release.
Example Sentences
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Apple spent $120 million on a movie with Oscar buzz — but the film features Will Smith, making it potentially unreleasable.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
They respected directorial talent—that’s why they let Erich von Stroheim finish out his contract, even after he delivered a 10-hour cut of Greed that the studio deemed unreleasable.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2015
Although, Mr. Affleck noted, "he did like the unreleasable Terrence Malick movie I did, where I didn't speak."
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2013
Sitting through a third-rate, unreleasable film is a thoroughly dismal experience, and repeated exposure to lameness requires a sort of grim, monocular focus that means festival-going can become a genuine ordeal.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2010
Its first phase, a two-record "concept album," turned out to be unreleasable because it unwisely sounded just like Les Miz and had to be junked at a cost of $500,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
