illiquid
adjective
il·liq·uid
(ˌ)i(l)-ˈlik-wəd 
1
: not being cash or readily convertible into cash
illiquid holdings
2
: deficient in liquid assets
an illiquid bank
Examples of illiquid in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Fractional shares are illiquid outside of Robinhood and are not transferable.
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Stephanie Tsai, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
Yet in reality, these investors have an illiquid investment that is hard to spin into gold.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Such trades sometimes indicate a lower valuation than a company might achieve in an IPO, as private shares are relatively illiquid.
—Ryan Gould, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
The facilitation of novel asset-sharing models and marketplaces for previously illiquid assets like art or intellectual property also falls under the realm of possibility of NFTs.
—Nikita Sachdev, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Ellison, the former chief executive of FTX's sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, told Alameda employees at the meeting that the crypto hedge fund had secretly used billions of dollars of FTX customer funds to pay back loans and make illiquid venture investments.
—WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
Low appetite for illiquid investment and low responsiveness to supportive macroeconomic policies: that, in a nutshell, is economic long COVID.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2023
About two-thirds of the money that FTX owed to the people who held cryptocurrency on its exchange – roughly $11.3 billion of $16 billion owed – was backed by illiquid coins created by FTX.
—Brandy Hadley, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2023
The report alleged that large portions of Alameda’s balance sheet consisted of a highly illiquid crypto token, FTT.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
Stephanie Tsai, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
Yet in reality, these investors have an illiquid investment that is hard to spin into gold.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Such trades sometimes indicate a lower valuation than a company might achieve in an IPO, as private shares are relatively illiquid.
—Ryan Gould, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
The facilitation of novel asset-sharing models and marketplaces for previously illiquid assets like art or intellectual property also falls under the realm of possibility of NFTs.
—Nikita Sachdev, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Ellison, the former chief executive of FTX's sister hedge fund, Alameda Research, told Alameda employees at the meeting that the crypto hedge fund had secretly used billions of dollars of FTX customer funds to pay back loans and make illiquid venture investments.
—WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
Low appetite for illiquid investment and low responsiveness to supportive macroeconomic policies: that, in a nutshell, is economic long COVID.
—Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2023
About two-thirds of the money that FTX owed to the people who held cryptocurrency on its exchange – roughly $11.3 billion of $16 billion owed – was backed by illiquid coins created by FTX.
—Brandy Hadley, The Conversation, 7 Nov. 2023
The report alleged that large portions of Alameda’s balance sheet consisted of a highly illiquid crypto token, FTT.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Illiquid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/illiquid. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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