unmarketable
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6.1
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmɑrkɪtəbl/
- The resulting damage makes the fruit unmarketable.
- unmarketable fruit
- make the crop unmarketable
Examples
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The resulting damage makes the fruit unmarketable.
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To growers, it's a costly, unpredictable blight that renders its plant victims a yellow, wilted heap of vines, leaves, and runners with unmarketable fruit.
Academic text (1997) -
The rural population could not afford the unmarketable goods that the regime had expected them to absorb.
Academic text (1993) -
Multiple styles make a photographer and his work unrecognizable and unmarketable.
Academic text (2006) -
Imported fruits are sold at low prices, while the fruits produced in our own provinces are heavily unmarketable.
Academic text (2000) -
In addition, because government safety restrictions ban the catching or sale of fish contaminated with pesticide residues, such unmarketable fish are considered an economic loss.
Academic text (1992) -
The eggs hatch and produce wiggly medfly larvae that develop inside the fruit, feeding on the flesh and making it unmarketable.
Academic text (2000) -
"A packer of citrus, stone fruit, and grapes estimated that 20% to 50% of the produce he handles is unmarketable but perfectly edible," the report says.
Blog text (30) -
Sorting of commercial catches was not common in 1988, but in 1989, most Oregon catches were sorted at sea by fishermen to remove unmarketable or small hagfish.
Academic text (1993) -
The EPA says 34 million tons of unmarketable produce and table scraps went into landfills in 2010.
Synonyms
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6.0
People cannot buy, sell, or exchange it
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6.5
A thing too damaged or unwanted for people to buy
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5.7
You cannot buy or sell it in a market
Not fit to sell because it is damaged or spoiled
Not good enough to sell in a shop because of damage or spoilage
Antonyms
How Marketable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unmarketable = marketable (transparent) = un + market + able
The meaning is clearly derived from 'marketable' by adding the prefix 'un-' to indicate negation.
Etymology
Unmarketable is built from three parts: un- meaning 'not', market meaning 'a place to buy or sell', and -able meaning 'able to'. So, unmarketable describes something that is 'not able to be sold'.