unsellable

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adjective

Not sellable; very hard to sell.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveunsellable (comparative more unsellable, superlative most unsellable)

comparative more unsellable · superlative most unsellable

  1. Not sellable; very hard to sell.

    Basic questions about how the various parts of the program would work, especially those involving the unsellable mortgages that banks are holding and preventing home foreclosures, were left for another day.

    2009 February 11, Edmund L. Andrews, “Bailout Plan: $2.5 Trillion and a Strong U.S. Hand”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: unsaleable, unmerchantable, unmarketable · Antonyms: salable, sellable, merchantable, marketable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot sellable; very hard to sell.

Also see

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. Englishsellable
  9. Englishunsellable

From un- + sellable.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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