unsaleableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From un- +‎ saleable.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˌʌnˈseɪləbl̩/
• Homophone: unsailable
• ハイフネーション: un‧sale‧able

形容詞

unsaleable (comparative more unsaleable, superlative most unsaleable)

1. Not sellable.

   Synonyms: unsellable, unmerchantable, unmarketable

   Antonyms: salable, sellable, merchantable, marketable

   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 62:

     Rita was drifting about the shop one morning, and had stopped to meditate glumly over an unsaleable collection of old chairs, when a little old man entered the shop and stopped to eject a loud snort at the chairs, too.

   • 1963 January, G. Freeman Allen, “Why B.R. are dropping high-power diesel-hydraulics”, in Modern Railways, page 25:

     After the fully documented records have been made available for study by experts of other railways in a few months' time, the high-powered diesel-hydraulic locomotive might become an increasingly unsaleable commodity in world markets.

   • 1986 February 15, Kim Westheimer, “Canada Censors U.S. Gay, Lesbian Magazines”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 3:

     When Torso, a gay male magazine, arrived at Little Sister's bookstore this month, 42 out of 75 pages had been ripped out of it, making it unsaleable.

派生語

• unsaleability
• unsaleableness

名詞

unsaleable (plural unsaleables)

1. Something that cannot be sold.

アナグラム

• unleasable, unsealable