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unproˈduceable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) II. 497 While the witnesses are alive and produceable,..when they are dead, or otherwise unproduceable. 1834De Quincey Autob. Sk. Wks. 1854 II. 313 Everybody agrees in our days to think this accomplishment..unproduceable, unless existing in an exquisite state of culture.
Add: Also unproducible. b. spec. of a book, play, etc.: impossible or impracticable to produce for publication or performance; unworthy of production.
1820Byron Let. 8 Oct. (1977) VII. 195, I thought you and Mr. Hobhouse had decided not to print the whole of ‘Blackwood’ as being partly unproducible. 1889G. B. Shaw Let. 12 Sept. (1965) I. 225, I believe the book will get boom[ed] tremendously if it is energetically put about. There is nothing like it in the market & it is commercially unproducible. 1981Christian Science Monitor 8 May b13/3 During those two years Kasdan had written two more scripts—one that he considers an ‘unproducible’ historical movie, the other a romantic comedy. 1990Chicago Tribune 15 Apr. xiii. 6/2 Long considered unproduceable in its homeland because of its cold look at Stalinist politics, the play finally had its premiere in November, 1987. |