out-of-print adjective 1out of print prepositional phrase 1 adjective1 •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. out of print prepositional phrase1 •Not available from the publisher (of a printed work, especially a book, or a music release).Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.
