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out-of-print

out-of-print adjective: no longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market.

Adjective

out-of-print (not comparable)

  1. No longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market.
    • I'm sorry, but that book has been out-of-print for twenty years.

Questions about out-of-print

What does out-of-print mean?
Out-of-print means no longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market.
What part of speech is out-of-print?
Out-of-print is an adjective.

Words near out-of-print in the dictionary

  1. out-of-offices
  2. out-of-order
  3. out-of-place
  4. out-of-placeness
  5. out-of-pocket
  6. out-of-print
  7. out-of-process
  8. out-of-school learning
  9. out-of-school suspension
  10. out-of-school suspensions
  11. out-of-service

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