unprocurable
UK/ʌnpɹəˈkjʊəɹəb(ə)l/
unprocurable adjective: unable to be procured.
Adjective
unprocurable (comparative more unprocurable, superlative most unprocurable)
- Unable to be procured.
- It is clear, for instance, in Central Africa, where copper and tin were unprocurable, that man must first have used iron.1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weapons”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 98
- We have been told in many plaintive articles and letters in the London press that servants nowadays are almost unprocurable, and even the best people are having to shut up part of their houses and live in one floor, and so on.1917 June 1, “(please specify the article title)”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- unobtainable
- Antonyms:
- obtainable, procurable
Noun
unprocurable (plural unprocurables)
- Something that cannot be procured.
unprocurable meaning in Tamil and Urdu
unprocurable in Tamil
- முயன்று பெற முடியாத, தேடிக்கொண்டு வரமுடியாத
unprocurable in Urdu
- نایاب
Examples of unprocurable in a sentence
- Where a goat was unprocurable, the image of a human phallus of extravagent [sic] dimensions was erected in the temple and worshipped.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the...
- But it needed desperate courage to kill yourself in a world where firearms, or any quick or certain poison, were completely unprocurable.1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished...
Synonyms of unprocurable
Antonyms
Forms of unprocurable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unprocurable |
| superlative | most unprocurable |
| Noun | |
| plural | unprocurables |
Origin of unprocurable
From un- + procurable.
Questions about unprocurable
- What does unprocurable mean?
- Unprocurable means unable to be procured.
- What is unprocurable in Tamil?
- Unprocurable in Tamil is முயன்று பெற முடியாத, தேடிக்கொண்டு வரமுடியாத. See Unprocurable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use unprocurable in a sentence?
- Where a goat was unprocurable, the image of a human phallus of extravagent [sic] dimensions was erected in the temple and worshipped.
- What part of speech is unprocurable?
- Unprocurable can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unprocurable?
- Unprocurable is pronounced /ʌnpɹəˈkjʊəɹəb(ə)l/ (UK).
Words near unprocurable in the dictionary
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