unmerchantable

Examples

• All

• The furniture was deemed unmerchantable because it was damaged and could not be sold.

• After inspection, the inspector labeled the goods as unmerchantable because they did not meet market standards.

• For example, even clear-cut harvesting may have little negative effect on soil C and N content when unmerchantable biomass residues, such as leaves and twigs, are left onsite (Johnson and Curtis 2001).

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

U

unmarketable

vsunmerchantable

1 6.1

Hard to sell because buyers do not want it

is about lacking the quality required for sale in the market

U

untradeable

vsunmerchantable

1 6.0

People cannot buy, sell, or exchange it

means unsuitable for sale in quality terms not inability to trade

U

unvendible

vsunmerchantable

9.9

Not fit to sell because it is damaged or spoiled

points to lacking market-required quality rather than general unsuitability

U

unsalable

vsunmerchantable

6.5

A thing too damaged or unwanted for people to buy

focuses on missing the quality required to be sold on markets

U

untradable

vsunmerchantable

• Specialized

5.7

You cannot buy or sell it in a market

refers to lacking sellable quality rather than being banned from markets

Antonyms

M

merchantable

• Formal

6.9

Good enough in quality to be sold

How Marketable

marketable

25 3.8

unmerchantable

9.9

unsalable

6.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology