unavailable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/
- The hotel room I wanted was unavailable because it was fully booked.
- previously unavailable
- render unavailable
- become unavailable
Chip manufacturers could be affected if supplies from Ukraine are unavailable for an extended.
- Chip manufacturers could be affected if supplies from Ukraine are unavailable for an extended.
- Emotionally unavailable people love to plan.
- What I mean by that is you are making yourself unavailable to what is better out there.
- So yeah, I just think I'm emotionally unavailable.
- And so it makes me question like why we are so into unavailable men.
- In prior generations, a cold, remote, invalidating, unempathic, unavailable patriarch or father was normal.
- And then we have Holy Terrors, currently unavailable.
- You know, I just came out of a breakup, and I'm a little emotionally unavailable, but maybe I can bounce back.
- So yes, in a way I keep going to these people that are like emotionally unavailable and stuff.
- Like this thing that gave all this meaning and emotion to my life was now unavailable to me.
- You had people, if it can be believed, people protesting like crazy, governments making funds unavailable to people.
Examples
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Unfortunately, information on the continuous level of income was unavailable because income information was collected into five pre-codified categories.
Academic text (2011) -
Your personal information file is currently unavailable, please try back another time.
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And so now we have problems of water being unavailable to different groups of people.
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"I would like to speak to Pen." "He is unavailable at the moment."
Fiction book (1991) -
The land used for roads and parking lots is unavailable for other purposes.
Academic text (1990) -
His assistant informed me that he'll be unavailable until later this afternoon.
Fiction book (1999) -
Such learning demands a depth and understanding currently unavailable in the default culture.
Academic text (2011) -
Chip manufacturers could be affected if supplies from Ukraine are unavailable for an extended.
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The document you requested is currently unavailable and cannot be accessed at this time.
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During the event, the main speaker was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict.
Synonyms
Not working because of a fault or repair
Too far or too expensive for most people to get
Missing and cannot be found anywhere
Not able to be reached, used, or understood
Not working so you cannot use it, like a machine or toilet
Too difficult to get to because of where or how it is
Not working or available to use, often for a short time
Impossible to get
You cannot use it because it does not work
Too difficult for people to reach or get
Hard to reach because it is far away or blocked
Very hard to find
Not possible to find or buy
Antonyms
How Available
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unavailable starts with the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the part available, which means 'ready to use' or 'at hand'. So unavailable means 'not ready or not at hand', which is why we use it when something cannot be used, reached, or obtained.