unsalable

Example Sentences

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By the time Allbirds discovered the problem, it had already ordered tens of thousands of pairs—many of which were unsalable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Some businesses gladly parted with their old bottles, which due to age and changes in health regulations, were unsalable.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2016

But an insect infestation hit the village two years ago, rendering the fruit unsalable and forcing growers to concentrate on less-profitable vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2015

Belonging to a generation of artists who saw portable painting and sculpture as obsolete, Mr. Oppenheim started out in the realm of the esoteric, the immaterial and the chronically unsalable.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2011

Another group packaged the most repellent, unsalable tranches of those bonds, and CDSs on the bonds, into CDOs.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis