be out of print
if a book is out of print, it is no longer being printed and you cannot buy new copies

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out of print
no longer available in published form.
I'm afraid you can't order that book — it's out of print.

Opposite of: in print

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out of print
to be no longer available for sale from the publisher
The book is now out of print and is very difficult to obtain.

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out of print
adj. phr. No longer obtainable from the publisher because the printed copies have been sold out; no longer printed.
The book is out of print. An edition of one thousand copies was sold and no more copies were printed.
Compare: OUT OF STOCK.
Antonym: IN PRINT.

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