worst-sellingadj.

Brit.

/ˌwəːs(t)ˈsɛlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌwərs(t)ˈsɛlɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: worst adv., selling adj.

Etymology: < worst adv. + selling adj. Compare earlier bestselling adj.

That achieves worse sales, or is sold in smaller numbers, than anything or anyone else; that is a worst-seller.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [adjective] > worst-selling or unsold

worst-selling1883

remaindered1904

1883 Duluth (Minnesota) Daily Tribune 10 Aug. I put my worst books off on them very often—I mean my worst selling books. They are all good, you know, too good for the public.

1927 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 17 Dec. 16/7 He even poetizes like those young men of the worst-selling ‘highbrow’ brand who find the standardization of the world conflicting with their estheticism and art.

1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 120 If there were no ‘angels’, there would be no worst-selling literature to leaven the enormous lump of intellectual and artistic conformity.

1995 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 244 There isn't an identifiable worst selling author because..if someone isn't selling well you stop publishing them.

2015 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Jan. b2 Brackett..wrote some magazine fiction and a few worst-selling novels, then tried the movies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	worst-selling
释义	worst-sellingadj. Brit. /ˌwəːs(t)ˈsɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌwərs(t)ˈsɛlɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: worst adv., selling adj. Etymology: < worst adv. + selling adj. Compare earlier bestselling adj. That achieves worse sales, or is sold in smaller numbers, than anything or anyone else; that is a worst-seller. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > books as sold > [adjective] > worst-selling or unsold worst-selling1883 remaindered1904 1883 Duluth (Minnesota) Daily Tribune 10 Aug. I put my worst books off on them very often—I mean my worst selling books. They are all good, you know, too good for the public. 1927 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 17 Dec. 16/7 He even poetizes like those young men of the worst-selling ‘highbrow’ brand who find the standardization of the world conflicting with their estheticism and art. 1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 120 If there were no ‘angels’, there would be no worst-selling literature to leaven the enormous lump of intellectual and artistic conformity. 1995 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 244 There isn't an identifiable worst selling author because..if someone isn't selling well you stop publishing them. 2015 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 13 Jan. b2 Brackett..wrote some magazine fiction and a few worst-selling novels, then tried the movies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1883
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