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# unsold

adjective (unsold)

«unsold» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unsold means not sold yet; unsold things are still in the shop or with the seller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#m1)

### In the lessons

Maths: what is left after selling: unsold = total − sold; unsold items may be thrown away or given away, and their cost is lost money. Everyday: unsold tickets, unsold bread given to a food bank.

### Examples

- He baked 40 cakes and sold 32. How many are unsold? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x1)
- 15 tickets were unsold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x2)
- The unsold flowers were given away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x3)
- A quarter of the books were unsold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x4)
- The bakery gives its unsold bread to the shelter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x5)
- Unsold toys were put on sale at half price. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/#x6)

### Note

Prefix un- (not) + sold. Asks for the remainder: unsold = total − sold. Trap: none.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unsold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unsold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unsold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unsold.html) on Mova free.