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drugs on the market

drugs on the market is the plural of drug on the market.

Meaning of drug on the market

Noun

drug on the market (plural drugs on the market)

  1. (idiomatic) 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

Questions about drugs on the market

What is drugs on the market the plural of?
Drugs on the market is the plural of drug on the market.

Words near drugs on the market in the dictionary

  1. drugproofs
  2. drugs
  3. drugs in the market
  4. drugs of choice
  5. drugs of last resort
  6. drugs on the market
  7. drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll
  8. drugshop
  9. drugshops
  10. drugsploitation
  11. drugster

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