unsellable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sellable English unsellable From un- + sellable.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unsellable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unsellable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
marketable · sellable · salable · merchantable