| 单词 | unsaleable |
| 例句 | Charles Howard, owner of three erstwhile unsaleable automobiles, was suddenly the richest man in town. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Largely uninhabitable — even by actual ghosts — and unsaleable because of unsettled debts, they are defined by their un-homeness. Opinion | Baltimore’s ‘ghost homes’ are just houses 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Manufacturing downtime, customer returns and unsaleable inventory resulting from the recall are expected to result in the $125 million hit in fiscal 2023. J.M. Smucker to take $125 million hit from Jif peanut butter recall 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Many investors are also left holding tens of billions of dollars of unsaleable Russian securities. Morning Bid: Picking through the rubble 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z And, even then, they might end up having to burn or bury millions of sheep as unsaleable meat. Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit could lead British lambs to slaughter 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z “I will amplify my attempts to make myself unsaleable, likely resulting in great personal embarrassment to you, Doctor Rivera, and all of Rhombus.” An AI video game moderator goes rogue in "Machine of Loving Grace" 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z A few hundred affected residents have been essentially trapped - transformed into economic refugees - because pollution has made their homes unsaleable. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z No one could touch them, so Ford redesigned them to make them unsaleable. Ford Changed Leaders, Looking for a Lift. It’s Still Looking. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Empty shelves or otherwise unsaleable products add up to some $75 billion in lost sales a year, according to the Food Marketing Institute, a trade organization. Wal-Mart Tightens Delivery Windows for Suppliers 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “This is a terrific movie,” he said in an interview with Scranton radio personality Steve Corbett, but negative comments by Mr. Corbett and other local journalists had made it unsaleable. How Scranton Lost the Plot in Bid for Cinematic Glory 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “What’s more, many of those people are in floods of tears, after being told that because of knotweed, their home is unsaleable.” Japanese Knotweed: The Invasive Plant That Eats the Value of Your Home "I remember being told this was an unsaleable product," says Upton, satisfied at having proved the doubters wrong. Baked in Britain, the millionth Raspberry Pi 2013-10-07T23:17:07Z The result was that the remainder of the house was unsaleable and as stated in the letter was bought in by her brother Timothy Atkins. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Borrow wrote four books that will live, but had publishers been amenable he would have published forty, and all as unsaleable as the major part of FitzGerald’s translations. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The people have already struck off, by general agreement, the use of all goods fashionable in mournings, and many thousand pounds' worth are sent back as unsaleable. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z The pedlar was anxious to do business, and Barnum knew that his employers had a quantity of goods that were regarded as unsaleable stock. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z But their distinguishing characteristic is the far-seeing organization, by which the capital is turned over with unexampled rapidity, and no unsaleable stock is kept on hand. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z The bank soon found itself burdened with an enormous unsaleable stock, while its loans for the most part remained unpaid; meantime over-production, the cause of the trouble, continued to increase, and prices further diminished. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Taylor it was who, when Borrow determined to try his fortunes in London with those bundles of unsaleable manuscripts, gave him introductions to Sir Richard Phillips and to Thomas Campbell. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Wise as he is, he fails to anticipate a time when circumstances shall break the power of the landlord, and the produce of Canada and America make the land an unsaleable commodity. Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.900Z Don’t try to fool me on “Good Wills” again; they’re a drug on the market, very unsaleable and unpopular to your humble servant. Treading the Narrow Way 2011-07-21T02:00:18.563Z This is the oldest copy of the manuscript and is unsaleable on the open market. Priceless Spain book 'disappears' 2011-07-07T13:04:17Z Kanu had been accommodated with a sack in the kitchen and a supper of fruit which had become unsaleable stock. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z To escape this, he had sold his plantation, though still retaining his slaves—most of them being unsaleable on account of their well-known wickedness. The Yellow Chief 2011-07-05T02:00:27.013Z A horse is useless, and therefore unsaleable, if no one can ride,—a sword if no one can strike, and meat, if no one can eat. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Dealers say thousands of dollars of stock is now sitting unwanted in their yards, with even a prime condition vehicle almost unsaleable if its plates bear the now-hated numerals. Cursed number "39" haunts Afghan car owners 2011-06-15T07:17:28Z When a banana or an apple became quite unsaleable, he would eat it. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The people have already struck-off, by general agreement, the use of all goods fashionable in mournings, and many thousand pounds worth are sent back as unsaleable. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z I then went out again with my unsaleable basket, with which I made many weary and fruitless rounds through the whole city. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Logging typically leaves large amounts of branches and other unsaleable material on the forest floor. Living on Credit 2011-04-18T15:38:00Z My land will be very valuable if we have a railroad and our county becomes more settled; but if not, my land, like everybody else's land in our county, will be unsaleable, worthless. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z The wool was totally swept away, and all either lost, or so much spoiled, that, when afterwards recovered, it was unsaleable. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z The result has been that land in the Bombay Presidency from being unsaleable has acquired a value of from ten to twenty years' purchase. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z Every simoniacal contract is invalid and of no force either in the external or in the internal forum, because it sells what is unsaleable under divine or ecclesiastical law. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Partly because of Confederate successes and partly because of the failure of Secretary Chase to adopt a firm policy of loans supported by taxation, public credit greatly declined, and Government bonds became almost unsaleable. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z The process of creating credit is a process of transforming rights from unsaleable to saleable form. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z New scientific truth is utterly unsaleable; no one will purchase it. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z While ghost estates of new, unsaleable flats stand empty across the land, 170,000 people are struggling with negative equity. The victims of Ireland's economic collapse 2010-05-26T07:00:00Z I had got a waistcoat made, for my own use, out of this bit of unsaleable tartan—not, indeed, at the time anticipating any advantage, but the ordinary wear, from the garment. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 The Times not long since made a panic, and securities became in some cases utterly unsaleable, and some seventy stockbrokers were ruined. About London As concrete instruments of production, they would be highly unsaleable. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z If they made what the Europeans really enjoyed, their productions were looked upon as unsaleable. Japan A Record in Colour This would clear Winfield of a piece of property which was worth, say $60,000, but at present unsaleable, and give him magnificent holdings in the new company besides. The "Genius" To some you may put off, with safety, goods which would be quite unsaleable to others. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales Their only ill effect has been, that they have encouraged many otherwise deserving young men to set a Sibylline value on their verses in proportion as they were unsaleable. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century In their totality, as a going concern, they are highly unsaleable, because in the aggregate so very valuable. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z These having been successful in every case, the Company is virtually ruined, and the shares are, in consequence, almost unsaleable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 3, 1890. Of the unsaleable nature of this publication, he relates an amusing illustration. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches They were unsaleable—she saw the worthlessness of them far more than Iden. Amaryllis at the Fair And leave you with a lot of unsaleable property instead of hard cash? The Spoilers of the Valley Long-time rates on formerly unsaleable loans would fall, and rates on highly saleable loans would rise. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z He collected together his manuscripts, a book or two, which had happily for him been unsaleable, his ink-bottle and an iron pen, and marched straight—to the parish workhouse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The very clerks in the outer office seemed to know that she was not to be confounded with the ordinary young person who appears daily and hourly offering unsaleable wares. The Time of Roses If kept longer, the fever that is induced by this continued state of repletion renders them red and unsaleable, and frequently kills them.” The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual The market has become so glutted with them that they are, in a great many instances, unsaleable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Their flesh was not fit to be eaten, and their skins were quite unsaleable. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains There would no longer be any use for horses; and if railways extended, the species would become extinguished, and oats and hay be rendered unsaleable commodities. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Part of it was very good; but it was unequal in its general character, and unsaleable in English markets. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" "Yes, unless it is that you hold a quantity of unsaleable scrip and he doesn't," rejoined Laurence, who had been secretly amused in watching the progress of pretty Mabel Falkner's latest preference. The Sign of the Spider Other deposits, again, are largely admixed with sand, which has been blown in upon them to such an extent as to make them unsaleable. Manures and the principles of manuring But times are mending, and this stock, like every other, is not likely to be again so unsaleable. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. Their walls seem to have been of mud and wattle, or of some unsaleable stuff, and these, no doubt, served for a time for the lay brethren, after a little trimming and thatching. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England The King gave my father back this dear old castle, because it happened to have proved unsaleable, and was still on the nation's hands. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Plenty meant ruin to agriculturists, and commercial 'gluts' resulting in manufacturers' warehouses crammed with unsaleable goods. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill There are certain maladies which obviously render meat unsaleable, by causing a sensible alteration in its quality. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock And as for ruin, next time you look into an English newspaper you may see that all your investments have left off paying dividends and have gone down to an unsaleable price. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions When it was finally taken down it was unsaleable as a musical instrument, and had to go for what it would fetch as so much wood and metal. Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See Many hundreds, driven out by poverty, settled in the penal colonies, and the property of Adelaide became unsaleable: the frail dwellings were deserted, and the land lay utterly waste. The History of Tasmania, Volume I A short time since, a cobbler at Ballarat had a present made to him of twenty scrip in a company that was looking so bad that the shares had become unsaleable. A Boy's Voyage Round the World There are numerous instances of white captives being slain because unsaleable while the Negroes escaped death because they found a ready market. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 There was a time when even old and unsaleable books had a commercial value. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting There was a good deal of unsaleable literary stock on the dusty shelves. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Forster, as I have stated, had been left by Landor, the copyright of his now value unsaleable writings, and he was more pleased at the intended compliment than gratified by the legacy itself. John Forster I will go down to your ship, overhaul the cargo, and make you an offer for the whole in the lump, taking the saleable with the unsaleable. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West So the piastres remained together with provincial French notes and small denominations of dinars and what-not, nominally worth something somewhere, but in fact unsaleable. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Nichols tells us that the expression 'rum books' arose from Osborne's sending unsaleable volumes to Jamaica in exchange for rum. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Don’t tear them out and break the stalks, or they become unsaleable.” Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden Sometimes, when manufactured goods are unsaleable here, the merchant ships them on board a Portuguese East Indiaman, and gets in return fireworks, which never fail to pay well. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 I asked about it, and was told it had some injury to its foot, and was unsaleable, as the woman feared it would not live. Wild Nature Won By Kindness The people have already struck off, by general agreement, the use of all goods fashionable in mournings, and many thousand pounds worth are sent back as unsaleable. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 But no one wants third-rate poetry; editors fight shy of it, and volumes of it are unsaleable. Joyous Gard An old unsaleable cabriolet occupied the place of the altar; and the horses were very quietly eating their oats in the sacristy!! The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Borrow wrote four books that will live, but had publishers been amenable he would have published forty, and all as unsaleable as the major part of FitzGerald's translations. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends The return of the King made his spiritual wares wholly unsaleable. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Even their rancour, however, has moderated slightly just of late, for they are as afraid to foreclose on unsaleable property as the mortgagor is of losing his claim on it for ever. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. But the patron's function was gradually restricted; and at last it was nearly confined to cases where a dedication repaid assistance given in producing an unsaleable book. The Great Book-Collectors Mortgages upon land could not be redeemed, and land became practically unsaleable. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Taylor it was who, when Borrow determined to try his fortunes in London with those bundles of unsaleable manuscripts, gave him introductions to Sir Richard Phillips and to Thomas Campbell. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends In the first place he was always wanting to do literary jobs for a friend, and so advised the publishing of all sorts of unsaleable books, because his friends desired to write them. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) The good, wholesome country fare which she had expected, proved to be only the refuse of what was considered unsaleable in market. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland It would, of course, be easy enough to get together a dreary little volume of unreadable and unsaleable song. Masques & Phases He did paint many of his native Suffolk, but in his day landscapes were unsaleable, so he was driven to the town and to portrait painting to make a living. The Book of Art for Young People In one case, sixty-four stuffed Christmas geese were seized which had proved unsaleable in Liverpool, and had been forwarded to Manchester, where they were brought to market foul and rotten. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Textiles which are neither well-dyed nor cheap will be unsaleable against better goods. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 These farms serve the double purpose of purveyors to the London stables, and hospitals for sick, overworked, or unsaleable horses. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour He died with a perfect conviction that he had secured his immortality; and in this manner had disposed of more than one edition of his unsaleable works. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Moreover, the government was grievously in want of money, and in addition to the fees for depasturing licenses, exacted half-yearly assessments on the unsaleable flocks and herds. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned If it falls so greatly that a number of them become unsaleable, if they are left in stock, they are simply left idle; and as they cannot live upon that, they die of starvation. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 It is for this reason that Soma plants become unsaleable by a person possessed of wisdom. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Of the unsaleable nature of this publication, he himself relates an amusing illustration. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection If Germany were victorious or agreed to a compromise peace, her mother's shares in Belgian companies might be unsaleable. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement One of them was highly successful in the whole country, and one other had made the same article entirely unsaleable. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency And then if the bank really did lock up his deposit account, and his securities became unsaleable! Mr. Britling Sees It Through In his heart he called on her to forgive him for writing unsaleable tragedies when he ought to have been making money for her. The Divine Fire I found ready-made clothing, crockery, boots, whisky, hats, furniture, flour, tobacco, and so on through a long list of saleable and unsaleable articles. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Both these and the native Borneans were fond of Chinese cotton cloth, but the linen from Holland was a mere drug, and quite unsaleable. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The poor burglar burdened with unsaleable "grab" and the reproaches of a venal world sorrowfully seeks an asylum here. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series The Arab sellers probably now move to the other side of the machine to carry away the unsaleable wheat, the barley being bought for export owing to the turn of trade. Persia Revisited A fur popular this season and last will next spring be unsaleable at half its original value, and some despised fur comes to the front. The New North Terry had a large quantity of old clocks in a store in New York—many of them old-fashioned and unsaleable, and thousands of these were not worth fifty cents apiece. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome But the result is, that all commodities fall in price, or become unsaleable. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy They say here in the bar that this probably saved many from difficulties; large stocks that had been lying on hand unsaleable for months going off at a good price. Hodge and His Masters The booksellers, nevertheless, say that poetry is unsaleable, and they are usually allowed to speak feelingly on the score of popularity and success. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Of the unsaleable nature of my writings I had an amusing memento one morning from our servant girl. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 The great difference in the real and supposed amount of their indebtedness and the unsaleable property turned in as stock were enough to ruin any company. History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome Illustrations always assist an article; sometimes they are sufficient to make an unsaleable article saleable. Journalism for Women A Practical Guide Now Bass, as already related, had brought out to Sydney in the Venus a large quantity of unsaleable merchandise. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders And often some of these were unsaleable—because the balance was not true. My Life and Work It bears an unsaleable Title—Extracts from Bishop Leighton—but I am confident there will be plenty of good notes in it, more of Bishop Coleridge than Leighton, I hope; for what is Leighton? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 The King of Persia has about six millions sterling left in his treasury in gold and silver, besides jewels unsaleable on account of their high price, but which might be estimated at four millions more. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II And she would require a livelihood, for the shares of the Brighton Hotel Continental Limited promised to be sterile and were already unsaleable. Hilda Lessways Here, then, was a singularly courageous man, fond of daring enterprises, in command of a good ship, with an unsaleable cargo on his hands. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The consequence is, that private property is unsaleable in Canada, and not a shilling can be raised on the credit of the province. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Remember what it will mean to her if you are beaten in the end, when your savings are gone and your business unsaleable.' Hyacinth The dead man's debts amounted to £3000, and his assets consisted chiefly of unsaleable pictures, on most of which his creditors had liens. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Vegetables were unsaleable, and so were many other things for which the farmer now finds a ready market. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian This is conclusive evidence of the desire to read, for a paper is a thing unsaleable unless some one wants to read it. The Life of the Fields Of the unsaleable nature of my writings I had an amusing memento one morning from our own servant girl. Biographia Literaria This paper involved an annual loss of a thousand francs, but it made him the champion of the Church, and enabled him to dispose of his sacred unsaleable stock. The Fortune of the Rougons It struck me as probable that, in the event of the invention turning out a reality, Cloetedorp A's might become unsaleable within the next few weeks or so. An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay This was always found in the old almanacs, and indeed they would be altogether unsaleable without it and the weather forecast. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian I was young and green then, and did not know any thing about shelves full of odds and ends, and piece upon piece of unsaleable goods, all of which had to be paid for. Off-Hand Sketches A Little Dashed with Humor He soon found from its situation that the land was quite unsaleable, there being no settlements in the neighbourhood. Roughing It in the Bush If all the rich men take the advice simultaneously the shares will fall to zero and the lands be unsaleable. Bernard Shaw's Preface to Androcles and the Lion One debt of twenty-eight thousand francs was settled by the transfer of a lot of old unsaleable literature, which would have been dear at a halfpenny a volume. Balzac Many of the productions of the farm were unsaleable, owing to the want of large towns for a market. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian You go a-begging with your king as with a brat, or with some unsaleable commodity you were tired of; and though every body tells you no, no, still you keep hawking him about. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis Very often soft goods lie on our shelves for a considerable time, and get damaged, and become unsaleable. Second Shetland Truck System Report From an unknown hack-writer, who hawked about unsaleable translations of Welsh and Danish bards, a travelling tinker and a vagabond Ulysses, he became a person of considerable importance. The Life of George Borrow The picture was fair but unsaleable, and she began to think seriously of sign painting, which was then much more popular and marketable. The Story of a Mine The society, to protect itself, is bound to con- tinue advancing until it is drawn completely into the net and finds itself encumbered with a lot of unsaleable and useless property. Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein Without their purity what are they!—what are fruiterer's plums?—unsaleable. The Egoist When he carried round a better Greek specimen than any they possessed, the traders informed him that Greek and Latin were alike unsaleable; the city was thronged with works from all Europe. The Cloister and the Hearth |
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