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wholescale

wholescale is the misconstruction of wholesale.

Meaning of wholesale

Adjective

wholesale (comparative more wholesale, superlative most wholesale)

  1. Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.
  2. (figuratively) Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.
    • The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.

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Questions about wholescale

What is wholescale the misconstruction of?
Wholescale is the misconstruction of wholesale.

Words near wholescale in the dictionary

  1. wholesaler
  2. wholesalers
  3. wholesales
  4. wholesaling
  5. wholesalings
  6. wholescale
  7. wholesome
  8. wholesomely
  9. wholesomeness
  10. wholesomenesses
  11. wholesomer

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