unsaleable

[US]/'ʌn'seiləbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not able to be sold, without market value.

Example Sentences

China moved swiftly to outlaw pyramid selling,after large number of would—be millionaires found themselves stuck with unsaleable goods on their hands,

Real-world Examples

He will write a story otherwise not only excellent but saleable, and put in one or two lines and a tinge throughout the tale, to make it unsaleable.

Source: The Early Sessions

Even Eleseus was not reduced to misery because the stream of gold was flowing elsewhere; the worst of it was that in his first exaltation he had bought great stocks of goods that were now unsaleable.

Source: The Growth of the Earth (Part 2)

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