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non-marketable

English translation: not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers

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English term or phrase:non-marketable
Selected answer:not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers
Entered by: Dave Calderhead

13:22 Dec 4, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate
English term or phrase: non-marketable
Would someone be kind enough to explain what non marketable means. To be more specific: if a property lacks the potential for sale because its position or shape, etc. can this term be used? Is it better to use "lacks marketibilty" in this scenerio?
Thank you.
Eva Ballentine (X)
lacks marketable features
Explanation:
to answer your question - Yes!
For whatever reason, the property or goods is/are not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers, which could also be stated as unmarketable or even unsellable [the lanuage has moven on sice Conrad's day].
In some instances, the property or goods is/are not offered for sale, and, in accountancy jargon, said to be "held for investment" as opposed to "held for sale".
In this case you could talk about non-marketabiity - because the goods in question, which could even be intellectual property, are not available for sale.

HTH

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Note added at 56 mins (2005-12-04 14:18:26 GMT)
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should read ...language has moved on since ...

Your 'lacks marketability' is acceptable and, IMHO, better than non-marketable.
Selected response from:

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 04:02
Grading comment
"not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers" I think that sums up the essence. Thank you for everyone.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5unsaleable
airmailrpl
4 +2lacks marketable features
Dave Calderhead
4 +1difficult to market, difficult to sell
Charlesp
4non-marketable
Nikos Mastrakoulis


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
unsaleable


Explanation:
Adj. 1. unsaleable - impossible to sell
unsalable

References in classic literature

Unsaleable in the ordinary course of business on account of its noble proportions, it had been ceded to the Professor for a few pence by a marine dealer in the east of London.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph

His wife departed too (but only to Italy), and this house of moneyed ease, presumably unsaleable, had stood empty for several years.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikos Mastrakoulis
46 mins
  -> thank you
agree  Balaban Cerit
1 hr
  -> thank you
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  transparx
17 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Shane London
1 day 31 mins
  -> thank you
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lacks marketable features


Explanation:
to answer your question - Yes!
For whatever reason, the property or goods is/are not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers, which could also be stated as unmarketable or even unsellable [the lanuage has moven on sice Conrad's day].
In some instances, the property or goods is/are not offered for sale, and, in accountancy jargon, said to be "held for investment" as opposed to "held for sale".
In this case you could talk about non-marketabiity - because the goods in question, which could even be intellectual property, are not available for sale.

HTH

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Note added at 56 mins (2005-12-04 14:18:26 GMT)
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should read ...language has moved on since ...

Your 'lacks marketability' is acceptable and, IMHO, better than non-marketable.

Dave Calderhead
Netherlands
Local time: 04:02
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
"not appealing or essential enough on the current market to attract buyers" I think that sums up the essence. Thank you for everyone.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikos Mastrakoulis
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Nikos (:-{)>
agree  Balaban Cerit
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Balaban (:-{)>
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-marketable


Explanation:
According to "The Free Dictionary":

"non·mar·ket·a·ble (nn-märk-t-bl)
adj.
1. [...]
2. Difficult or impossible to market: a nonmarketable product."


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/nonmarketable
Nikos Mastrakoulis
Greece
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
difficult to market, difficult to sell


Explanation:
difficult to market, difficult to sell

I wouldn't say impossible to sell, unless the context made that clear. It sounds to me more like a real estate broker trying to suggest to the client to reduce the price (very low) - 'you'll never be able to sell this, is it unmarketable.'

The other responses here are also potentially correct.


Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 04:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: one way of getting around it :-)
2 hrs
  -> well, i guess we will never know.
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