shelve
v.
put off, put aside, postpone; place on shelves, arrange on shelves; furnish with shelves; slope gradually; remove from active service
Shelved
In the
film industry, a
film is considered shelved if it is not released for public viewing after
filming has started, or even completed. A film can be shelved for a number of reasons:A film may receive poor reaction from
test audiences and other critics, prompting
film producers to choose to never release the film, instead of spending additional money to print and promote it. A film may also go
over budget and not find funders, causing the film's producer to abandon the film instead of completing it. In other cases, a film may be considered too
controversial for a release, and is unable to find a distributor. A film may be become embroiled in legal battles, such as illegal funding means. A film may have been produced only to fulfil a legal obligation, such as to fulfil a contract or keep an intellectual property alive.
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shelve
Verb
1. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
(synonym) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, set back, defer, remit, put off
(hypernym) delay
(hyponym) call
(entail) cancel, call off
(derivation) shelver
2. place on a shelve; "shelve books"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) shelver
Shelved
(imp. & p. p.)
of Shelve
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
shelved
Synonyms and related words:
abandoned, deserted, disregarded, half-done, ignored, laid aside, left undone, missed, neglected, omitted, overlooked, passed by, passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, shunted, sidelined, sidetracked, slighted, unasked, unattended to, uncared-for, unchaperoned, unconsidered, undone, unregarded, unsolicited, untended, unwatched
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.