unsaleable

US unsalable

/ (ʌnˈseɪləbəl) /

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adjective

not capable of being sold

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Words nearby unsaleable

unsaddle, unsaddling enclosure, unsafe, unsafety, unsaid, unsaleable, unsalted, unsanctioned, unsanitary, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied

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How to use unsaleable in a sentence

Illustrations always assist an article; sometimes they are sufficient to make an unsaleable article saleable.
Journalism for Women|E.A. Bennett
Remember what it will mean to her if you are beaten in the end, when your savings are gone and your business unsaleable.'
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
Of the unsaleable nature of this publication, he himself relates an amusing illustration.
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes|Various
But the white slave was unsaleable, and his life of no account.
The Book of the Bush|George Dunderdale

They hang there by the million unsaleable; and here, by the million, are diligent bare backs that can get no hold of them.
Past and Present|Thomas Carlyle