invendible

English

Etymology

From Latin invendibilis. See in- (“not”) +‎ vendible.

Adjective

invendible (comparative more invendible, superlative most invendible)

1. Not vendible or saleable.
   • January 14 1789, Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Jay

     It had already begun to render our oils invendible in the ports of France

References

“invendible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Spanish

Adjective

invendible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invendibles)

1. unsellable

Further reading

• “invendible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10