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Meanings of
unprocurable
in English
Not capable of being obtained.
inaccessible
untouchable
unobtainable
Related terms
unavailable
Usage of
unprocurable
in English
1
Trent was flatly told that the labour they required was absolutely
unprocurable
.
2
You starve to death: good food is
unprocurable
save at prohibitive prices.
3
In the absence of liquefaction at such points, the nourishing gruel is
unprocurable
.
4
We felt very anxious: milk was almost
unprocurable
,
other comforts nil.
5
Everything could be managed except the cream, which was
unprocurable
.
6
Luxuries are
unprocurable
,
but no sensible man will go to a new country expecting luxuries.
7
Plato proposes to substitute some
"
unprocurable
"
beast, perhaps a giraffe or an elephant.
8
I have about half-a-ton myself, which, until a few minutes age, would have been quite
unprocurable
.
9
These garments (I indicated them again) will only be
unprocurable
because they are in your possession.
10
Meanwhile, sugar has been almost
unprocurable
.
11
This is a reprint of a book that has been out of print and quite
unprocurable
for many years.
12
A suit of black velvet, an extremely expensive and almost
unprocurable
material, brought the courtier's pale features into relief.
13
It was used chiefly, like Gobelins Tapestry, to make very costly presents, otherwise
unprocurable
,
for grandees and crowned heads.
14
Joe had scoured Chicago for the alcoholic commodities now practically
unprocurable
,
and returned in triumph to the couple's furnished room.
15
But it needed desperate courage to kill yourself in a world where firearms, or any quick and certain poison, were completely
unprocurable
.
16
That particular edition (he assured Miltoun) was quite
unprocurable
-
he
had
never sold but one other copy, which had been literally, crumbling away.
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unprocurable
Adjective
Frequent collocations
almost unprocurable
quite unprocurable
absolutely unprocurable
otherwise unprocurable
practically unprocurable
More collocations
Unprocurable
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