UNSOLD Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

unsold

verb

Definition of unsold

past tense of unsell

as in discouraged

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Anything beyond loud noise is discouraged, and perhaps feared by those in charge at Ole Miss, given how emotional Kiffin’s return will be.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Foreign visitors could be discouraged from visiting Nepal as well, impacting an industry that accounts for about 7% of the country’s GDP and more than one million jobs.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of discouraged

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The intruder might have been deterred by the couple’s two dogs — except that neither canine acted like a traditional guard dog.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Last week’s Houthi advance has not deterred more container shipping industry players from attempting to make a wider return to the Bab el-Mandeb and Red Sea.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of deterred

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Both mainly reduced trade barriers and committed all three governments to avoid policies that inhibited commercial flows with one another.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
The rough waters, which included waves that were about 13 feet high, inhibited rescue efforts.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhibited

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Playwright Zimmerman, meanwhile, says the dispute has diverted attention from the subject the production was created to address.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
American Airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the plane was diverted to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where law enforcement took the man into custody.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

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