Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of print

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: out- of print
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).

Example Sentences

"Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print."
"[I]t was out of print for 28 years, before an edition (now rare) was published in 1960, impoverished by having all citations removed."

Synonyms

OP OOP

Antonyms

in print

Questions

What does out of print mean?: Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).

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