shop-soiled
/ˈʃɑpˌsɔɪld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.96 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "All Tuesday week afternoon she was hunting to match that chenille but at last she found what she wanted at Clery's summer sales, the very it, slightly shopsoiled but you would never notice"
- "The only book of poetry in the whole lot was a shop-soiled copy of The Poems of George Herbert in the World Classics series."
- "The most usual examples of this are the sales of second-hand or shop-soiled goods where the vendor clearly states their condition and sells them "as seen"."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɑpˌsɔɪld/
- British English: /ˈʃɒpsɔɪld/
Inflected Forms
more shop-soiled (comparative)
most shop-soiled (superlative)