This is the 7647th most frequent Korean word.
팔리지
"팔리지" means "to be sold" in English.
Here, '팔리지' is used to describe the passive and negative form of the verb 'to sell' indicating items are not being sold efficiently.
이 가게에서 물건이 잘 팔리지 않아요.
The items in this store don't sell well.
In this sentence, '팔리지' conveys the passive action of the book not being bought or sold.
그 책이 팔리지 않고 꽤 오래 진열되어 있었습니다.
That book was not sold and was displayed for quite a long time.
Here, '팔리지' is used to hypothesize positively about the selling nature of a product in the future.