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inavailable

inavailable is the obsolete form of unavailable.

Meaning of unavailable

Adjective

unavailable (comparative more unavailable, superlative most unavailable)

  1. (obsolete) Unavailing; ineffective.
    • To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXXXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
  2. Not available.
    • This product is unavailable at the moment, but we hope to order more by next week.
    Antonyms:
    available

See all 3 meanings of unavailable

Origin of inavailable

From in- + available.

Questions about inavailable

What is inavailable the obsolete form of?
Inavailable is the obsolete form of unavailable.

Words near inavailable in the dictionary

  1. inauthenticities
  2. inauthenticity
  3. inauthoritative
  4. inauthoritativeness
  5. inavailability
  6. inavailable
  7. inavertible
  8. inavoidable
  9. inavolisib
  10. inaw
  11. inawe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inavailable (page history and authors); unavailable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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