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unreleasable

unreleasable

6.7
People cannot make it public or show it to others
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnrɪˈliːsəbl/
translation icon : no divulgable
  • Many artists create unreleasable tracks that they never intend to share with anyone.

Examples

  • The studio decided to keep the unreleasable footage from the film hidden forever.

  • Brando went over schedule and over budget and delivered a film that the studio considered unreleasable: a three-plus hour downbeat Western with sporadic violence, complex characterizations, and a tragic ending.

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  • Due to technical issues, the documentary was deemed unreleasable to the public.

Synonyms

undisclosable
vsunreleasable
6.9

You cannot share this information with people outside a company

refers to inability to make something available to the public

Antonyms

available
∞ 2.3

Able to be used or bought and not in use now

releasable
1 3.6

Can be made available or set free

How Released

public
∞ 1.0
unreleased
5 4.9
secret
∞ 2.0
under wraps
  • Informal
28 6.0
unreleasable
6.7

Surface Forms

unreleasable positive

Morphology

unreleasable = releasable (transparent) = un + release + able

Formed by applying 'un-' to 'releasable' (release + -able); the sense 'not able to be published or made available' follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Unreleasable is made from un- 'not' and release 'to make public' or 'let out'. So it means 'not able to be released to the public', like a report or movie that cannot be published or shared.