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Meanings of unprocurable in English

Not capable of being obtained.

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Usage of unprocurable in English
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Trent was flatly told that the labour they required was absolutely unprocurable.
A Millionaire of Yesterday
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You starve to death: good food is unprocurable save at prohibitive prices.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
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In the absence of liquefaction at such points, the nourishing gruel is unprocurable.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
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We felt very anxious: milk was almost unprocurable, other comforts nil.
The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro a...
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Everything could be managed except the cream, which was unprocurable.
Alone
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Luxuries are unprocurable, but no sensible man will go to a new country expecting luxuries.
Impressions of South Africa
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Plato proposes to substitute some "unprocurable" beast, perhaps a giraffe or an elephant.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
8
I have about half-a-ton myself, which, until a few minutes age, would have been quite unprocurable.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
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These garments (I indicated them again) will only be unprocurable because they are in your possession.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 28, 1917
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Meanwhile, sugar has been almost unprocurable.
My War Experiences in Two Continents
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This is a reprint of a book that has been out of print and quite unprocurable for many years.
Platform Monologues
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A suit of black velvet, an extremely expensive and almost unprocurable material, brought the courtier's pale features into relief.
After London; Or, Wild England
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It was used chiefly, like Gobelins Tapestry, to make very costly presents, otherwise unprocurable, for grandees and crowned heads.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages / A Description of Mediaeval ...
14
Joe had scoured Chicago for the alcoholic commodities now practically unprocurable, and returned in triumph to the couple's furnished room.
Greener Than You Think
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But it needed desperate courage to kill yourself in a world where firearms, or any quick and certain poison, were completely unprocurable.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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That particular edition (he assured Miltoun) was quite unprocurable-hehad never sold but one other copy, which had been literally, crumbling away.
The Patrician
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