Meaning

2 senses

  1. Not for sale at this time. (Implies that being for sale is possible in the future or has been true in the past.)

    Near-synonyms: NFS, unavailable

    That property is off the market again. They delisted it last week.

  2. (figuratively)In a committed relationship (romantic, spousal, significant other, etc) and thus not available for dating.

    Sorry, ladies, he's off the market.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The fella is getting married, he's off the market!

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  2. She said her agency would not yank the drug off the market without good reason.

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  3. Investors appear to have shaken off the market unrest that has gripped stocks since Wednesday.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
unavailableB2NFS

Antonyms

3 antonyms
on the marketfor saleavailableB1

Word family

3 related words
RelatedpricelessB2off-marketunbuyable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offA2offaloffendB2offenderB2offenseB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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