unproducibleadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈdjuːsᵻbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈdʒuːsᵻbl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈd(j)usəb(ə)l/ Incapable of being produced; not producible. Now chiefly: spec. (of a play, script, etc.) impossible or impracticable to produce; unworthy of production. Cf. unproduceable adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > not created > incapable of being created
unmakeablec1443
improducible1704
unproduceable1704
unproduciblea1760
unmanufacturable1784
uncreatable1846
society > communication > printing > material to be printed > [adjective] > fit to be printed > not fit to be printed
unpublishablea1670
unproduceable1704
unproduciblea1760
unprintable1830
society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [adjective] > shown > able to be > not available, etc.
unproduceable1704
unproduciblea1760
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play
unproduceable1704
playable1725
unproduciblea1760
undramatic1769
unplayable1806
unactable1810
actable1825
blue fire1826
undramatical1829
actor-proof1893
nailed-up1894
talky1937
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > [adjective] > films or the cinema > suitable for > not
unproduceable1704
unproducible1981
a1760 C. Alston Lect. Materia Medica (1770) I. xiii. 83 Quicksilver is almost indestructible, as well as unproducible by art from metals.
1763 E. Clarke Lett. conc. Spanish Nation iv. 72 The Trinity is uncreate, unproducible, eternal, and consequently can have neither mother nor grand-mother.
1820 Ld. Byron 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.
1841 J. Grant Portraits of Public Characters II. xii. 223 He returned it to the author..with a note to the effect that it was an unproducible play.
1912 C. A. Dubray Introd. Philos. 494 The divine creation of every individual soul is..an action strictly in accordance with the laws of nature, since it is the nature of the soul to be unproducible in any other way.
1981 Christian Sci. 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.
2007 Guardian (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Review section) 14 My agent started yawning the moment I came teetering towards her with yet another unproducible manuscript in hand.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.a1760