unsold

adjective

un·​sold ˌən-ˈsōld How to pronounce unsold (audio)
: not sold

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The growing inventory of unsold homes and vacant apartments might appear to suggest there is no housing shortfall. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025 Housing sales have slumped in some sections of the country, including Florida, which experienced unsold inventory due to overbuilding and slowing demand this year. Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Many of these homes are now piling up on the Florida market, remaining unsold for longer than any time in the past five years. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025 At the same time, unsold blouses, jackets, and other fashion-industry leftovers end up in dumps such as the one in Chile’s Atacama Desert, so vast as to be visible from space. The Editors, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unsold

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsold was in the 14th century

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“Unsold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsold. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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