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unstocked

unstocked

5.4
Not having items to sell or use
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstɑkt/
translation icon : sin existencias
  • Many essential supplies were unstocked, leaving customers frustrated and looking elsewhere.

Examples

  • The shelves of the store were completely unstocked after the busy holiday weekend.

  • Pedestal-mounted news racks like this are all over the city and are pretty much useless as they remain unstocked and take up valuable public sidewalk space.

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  • Since the shop was unstocked, they could not fulfill the orders customers were expecting.

Synonyms

out of stock
vsunstocked
6 1.8

Not available to buy because none are left

is not supplied and remains without inventory not only when items sell out

Antonyms

1.0

Containing as much as possible with no empty space

2.4

Having more than enough goods ready to use

How Stocked

stocked
2.4
unstocked
5.4
empty
1.0

Surface Forms

unstocked positive

Morphology

unstocked = stocked (transparent) = un + stock + ed

Clear, regular negation of 'stocked' (supplied with goods) by the productive prefix un-, easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Unstocked has the part un- meaning 'not' and stock, which also means the 'goods' or supplies a shop keeps, as in stockroom. So unstocked describes a shelf, fridge, or shop that has 'no' items or supplies.