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sale-proof

sale-proof adjective: nearly impossible to sell to others.

Adjective

sale-proof (comparative more sale-proof, superlative most sale-proof)

  1. (colloquial) Nearly impossible to sell to others.
    • That used car has one thing going for it: it is sale-proof.

Forms of sale-proof

comparativemore sale-proof
superlativemost sale-proof

Origin of sale-proof

From sale + -proof.

Questions about sale-proof

What does sale-proof mean?
Sale-proof means nearly impossible to sell to others.
What part of speech is sale-proof?
Sale-proof is an adjective.

Words near sale-proof in the dictionary

  1. sale yard
  2. sale yards
  3. sale-goer
  4. sale-goers
  5. sale-leaseback
  6. sale-proof
  7. saleabilities
  8. saleability
  9. saleable
  10. saleableness
  11. saleables

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