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unprocurable

adj
/ʌnpɹəˈkjʊəɹəb(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From un- + procurable.

  1. derived from prōcūrō
  2. derived from procurer
  3. inherited from procuren
  4. suffixed as procurable — “procure + able”
  5. prefixed as unprocurable — “un + procurable”

Definitions

  1. Unable to be procured.

    • It is clear, for instance, in Central Africa, where copper and tin were unprocurable, that man must first have used iron.
    • We have been told in many plaintive articles and letters in the London press that servants nowadays are almost unprocurable, and even the best people are having to shut up part of their houses and live in one floor, and so on.

  2. Something that cannot be procured.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA