unsalable

adjective

Definition of unsalablenext
as in unmarketable

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Recent Examples of unsalable Whatever’s unsalable will be delivered to the project for sorting, reuse and recycling. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025 Guston retreated to his home and studio in Woodstock, New York, returned to teaching, and spent his last, enormously productive decade churning out mad, masterful, largely unsalable paintings of people and things behaving badly. — Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsalable
unmarketable
Adjective
  • Depicting that dress faithfully would likely be distracting to a modern audience and leave the film unmarketable.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • They have been used ever since, except for Super Bowl 50, where the number was used instead because NFL ad designers felt Super Bowl L was too unattractive and unmarketable.
    — The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Unsalable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsalable. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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