unmerchantable

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adjective

Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is not salable.

Similar
unmarketableunvendibleunsalableunsaleable
OriginEnglish merchantable ← Middle English marchaunt ← Anglo-Norman marchaunt →
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Meanings

adjectiveunmerchantable (comparative more unmerchantable, superlative most unmerchantable)

comparative more unmerchantable · superlative most unmerchantable

  1. Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is not salable.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot fit for sale

Similar
unmarketableunvendibleunsalableunsaleable
Also see
unmarketableunsalableunsaleableunsellableunvendible

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Italic*merks
  9. Latinmerx
  10. Latinmercor
  11. Latinmercāns
  12. Anglo-Normanmarchaunt
  13. Middle Englishmarchaunt
  14. Englishmerchant
  15. Englishmerchantable
  16. Englishunmerchantable

From un- + merchantable.

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Translations

Finnish kaupaksi käymätön
  • kaupaksi käymätönnot fit for market
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APA

unmerchantable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmerchantable

MLA

“unmerchantable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmerchantable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmerchantable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmerchantable.

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