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Recent Examples of unsellable
Was the merchandise up for grabs for Netflix employees a sign of unsellable surplus, or a routine invitation for staff to sample the products?
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
This is possible thanks to partnerships with more than 760 food donors — local, regional and national companies, as well as farms across California — that donate food that is surplus, imperfect, discontinued or otherwise unsellable but entirely edible.
—Patty Oconnor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
When brands ship unsellable inventory back to warehouses or third-party liquidators—or worse, destroy it—the financial and environmental costs are high.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
That realism—unsellable on social media, but increasingly necessary—is where many millennials now find themselves.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
This is possible thanks to partnerships with more than 760 food donors — local, regional and national companies, as well as farms across California — that donate food that is surplus, imperfect, discontinued or otherwise unsellable but entirely edible.
—Patty Oconnor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
When brands ship unsellable inventory back to warehouses or third-party liquidators—or worse, destroy it—the financial and environmental costs are high.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 3 Feb. 2026
That realism—unsellable on social media, but increasingly necessary—is where many millennials now find themselves.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsellable
Adjective
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They have been used ever since, except for Super Bowl 50, where the number was used instead because NFL ad designers felt Super Bowl L was too unattractive and unmarketable.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The project sat in relative limbo until 2024 as prospective producers balked at the dark subject matter and nonlinear storytelling, deeming the movie unmarketable.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Whatever’s unsalable will be delivered to the project for sorting, reuse and recycling.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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His books are frequently both excellent and unsalable.—
Gemma Sieff,
Harper’s Magazine ,
4 Jan. 2022
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“Unsellable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsellable. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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