out-of-print

形容詞

比較不可

(publishing) No longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market.

日本語の意味

絶版。出版者により再発行されず、直接市場での販売が行われなくなった状態を指す。

The out-of-print cookbook became a sought-after collector's item after the author's death.

著者の死後、絶版の料理本はコレクターの間で高値のコレクターズアイテムになった。

意味（1）

(publishing) No longer offered for sale by a publisher; no longer on the firsthand market.

I'm sorry, but that book has been out-of-print for twenty years.