unmarketable

/ˌʌnˈmɑː.kɪ.tə.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌnˈmɑːr.kɪ.t̬ə.bəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌən-ˈmär-kə-tə-bəl How to pronounce unmarketable (audio)/ (ame, mw)

unmarketable — adjective

  • unmarketablepositive
  • more unmarketablecomparative
  • most unmarketablesuperlative

1. So difficult to sell that a business cannot attract enough buyers to it.

1.形容詞C1
釋義

So difficult to sell that a business cannot attract enough buyers to it.

例句

After the recall, Christopher said the toy had become unmarketable in Europe.

become unmarketable after bad publicity

The farmer left the bruised peaches aside because stores found them unmarketable.

同義詞
  • unsellable

    Closest synonym; often sounds stronger, as if no sale is possible at all.

  • unappealing

    Focuses on weak buyer interest rather than on total failure to sell.

  • unwanted

    Broader and less commercial; it can describe anything people do not want.

反義詞
  • marketable

    Direct opposite — likely to attract buyers and sell.

  • saleable

    More formal; stresses that something can be sold successfully.

文法句型

be unmarketable

become unmarketable

an unmarketable product

用法筆記

Usually describes products, crops, land, or other things being offered for sale. It often appears after damage, bad publicity, or a sharp rise in cost has made buyers lose interest.

常見錯誤

❌The shop was unmarketable, so nobody visited it.
✅The shop's goods were unmarketable, so nobody bought them.
💡'Unmarketable' usually describes the thing being sold, not the seller or the place.