unsell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsell
Verb
  • Leading the charge, Daniels assembled a group of local residents to form a neighborhood watch and deter trouble.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Without intelligent systems to detect and deter these behaviors, brands are flying blind.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Speaker Johnson is giving the high ground to the Democrats by discouraging Thomas Massie's petition.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Riley Keough tried to dissuade her late mother, Lisa Marie Presley, from suing her grandmother, Priscilla Presley.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Even the creaky visions that start to plague him, the terrifying nightmares (jump scares ahoy, and so many of them cheap) can’t dissuade Charles from taking up Anniston on the offer.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to this test – which developed from a 1971 Supreme Court decision – governmental actions must have a secular legislative purpose, and their main effect may neither advance nor inhibit religion.
    Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The smoke may inhibit daytime warming, keeping temperatures a bit cooler than forecast.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Unsell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsell. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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