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unavailable

adverb

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L313887 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

  1. not able to be used
L341482 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English available English unavailable From un- + available.

  1. Unavailing; ineffective.

    To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.

  2. Not available.

    This product is unavailable at the moment, but we hope to order more by next week.

    A cold, reserved man, he was seen as emotionally unavailable.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English available English unavailable From un- + available.

  1. A communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.