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unreleasable

  • a word derived from release.
    release
    verb (used with object)
    to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go.

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While Leach had long possessed an audio capture of a Nov. 6, 1974, performance in Albany, she believed a situation with the rights made it unreleasable.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2021

He said he hated the film and that it was uncuttable and unreleasable.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2018

And there are already claims that SeaWorld marks releasable orcas as unreleasable for its own benefit.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2017

The board, which began work in late 2013, is gradually whittling down the list of detainees whom the task force deemed unreleasable.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2015

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