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unstocked

unstocked

1 5.4
Not having items to sell or use
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstɑkt/
: 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
7 1.8

Not available to buy because none are left

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

Antonyms

full
∞ 1.0

Containing as much as possible with no empty space

stocked
49 2.4

Having more than enough goods ready to use

How Stocked

stocked
49 2.4
unstocked
1 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.