unavailability

Examples

• All

• The unavailability of essential supplies during the crisis hampered relief efforts.

• Other associated risk factors are poor hygienic conditions, unavailability of clean water, inadequate medical care, and insufficient knowledge about local diseases.

  Academic text (2015)

• Reasons for insufficient support included the unavailability of family and the deaths of friends.

  Academic text (2006)

• However, scarcity of capital, unavailability of technology, and international political developments came in the way of commercial production.

  Academic text (2000)

• Documenting these recruitment efforts and showing the unavailability of U.S. workers should not require the amount of time that is currently required.

  Academic text (1990)

• Water shortage or unavailability is an implicit risk factor in public health.

  Academic text (2002)

• A leading reason for non-vaccination reported by the elderly participants was vaccine unavailability.

  Academic text (2007)

• The unavailability of alternative social scripts therefore prevents the pursuit of happiness in the most literal sense.

  Academic text (2008)

• A recurring theme regarding Japanese fathers is their physical as well as emotional unavailability, typically due to the absentee father social phenomenon.

  Academic text (2018)

• Lewis and Allman (1999) also reported on the limited availability or unavailability of large-print materials in schools and community and vocational settings.

  Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

S

shortage

vsunavailability

253 2.7

Not having enough of something people need, like food or water

indicates not being ready at the required moment rather than low supply

D

deficiency

vsunavailability

98 4.5

Not having enough of something that is needed

focuses on absence when needed rather than missing parts

I

inaccessibility

vsunavailability

2 8.3

A state when people cannot reach or get something easily

relates to absence when needed rather than physical reach

I

insufficiency

vsunavailability

1 6.5

A lack of skill, experience, or resources needed for a job

shows not being present when required rather than lacking capacity

S

scarceness

vsunavailability

1 7.2

A small amount of something that people need

points to absence when wanted rather than low quantity

N

nonpresence

vsunavailability

• Texting

8.2

Being offline or not shown as available in an app

refers generally to not being ready for use when required

Antonyms

A

availability

114 2.4

Something that people can use or get when they need it

How Available

accessibility

22 3.4

availability

114 2.4

unavailability

1 6.1

scarcity

29 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology