out of print

Speech parts

1. out of print - Adjective

2. out of print - Phrase

3. out of print - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

(of books) no longer offered for sale by a publisher

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Alternative names

out-of-print

Synonyms

extinct discontinued defunct oop unavailable out of stock sold out op no longer published no longer available to buy not on the market no longer available out of commerce no longer available from a publisher ceased publication

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Antonyms

in print available accessible available for purchase available for booking available for sale

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Examples

It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print. Lou Reed

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years. Dean Koontz

When 'Catch Me If You Can' was published back in 1980, I never dreamed that it would become a bestseller, much less a major motion picture and now a big Broadway musical. What's amazing about the book is that it has never gone out of print. Frank Abagnale

My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. Mary Oliver

But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print. Peter Sotos

One way an author dies a little each day is when his books go out of print. William Goldman

Words in the phrase

out of print

Close letter words and terms

out of practice out of practise out of preparation out of production out of proportion out of proportion to