drug on the market
drug on the market noun: something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
Noun
drug on the market (plural drugs on the market)
- something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
- for days and days he patrolled the town in vain; seeking for work, and finding none. The place, as his candid informer had said, was filled with clerks like himself in search of employment; and they, linguists especially, were a drug in the market — the cessation of the Franco-German War having...1880, J.C. Hutcheson, Fritz and Eric
- ...the bread fruit, roasted in the ashes of the fire, and the custard apples, with tea, furnished forth such a luxurious feast that all fears of possible starvation vanished, while the humble cocoanut at once became a drug on the market, useful enough perhaps as a thirst-quencher but otherwise of...1923, Harry Collingwood, The Wreck of the Andromeda
Forms of drug on the market
| plural | drugs on the market |
|---|---|
| alternative form | drug in the market |
Questions about drug on the market
- What does drug on the market mean?
- Drug on the market means something which is overabundant at the moment and thus not in demand.
- What part of speech is drug on the market?
- Drug on the market is a noun.
- What is the plural of drug on the market?
- The plural of drug on the market is drugs on the market.
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