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unavailable

/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

unavailable adjective: unavailing; ineffective.

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.
    • A cold, reserved man, he was seen as emotionally unavailable.
    Antonyms:
    available

Noun

unavailable (plural unavailables)

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

unavailable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

unavailable in Hindi

not available
अनुपलब्ध anuplabdh

unavailable in Tamil

கிடைப்பிலில்லை, கிடைக்காத, கைவசம் இல்லாத

unavailable in Marathi

अनुपलब्ध

unavailable in Urdu

غیردستیاب, نایاب, پہنچ سے باہر
More languagesFewer languages
unavailable in Bengali
অপ্রাপ্য
unavailable in Malayalam
ലഭ്യമല്ലാത്തവർ, ലഭ്യമല്ലാത്ത
unavailable in Kannada
ದೊರಕದ, ಸಿಕ್ಕದ, ಇರದ, ಅನುಪಲಬ್ಧ
unavailable in Punjabi
ਅਣਉਪਲਬਧ
unavailable in Gujarati
અનુપલબ્ધ, અનુપલબ્ધ છે
unavailable in Odia
ଅନୁପଲବ୍ଧ
unavailable in Nepali
अनुपलब्ध
unavailable in Arabic
غير متوفر
unavailable in Persian
در دسترس نیست dar dastres nist

Examples of unavailable in a sentence

  • The black was previously unavailable, but in potting that red, he's now pushed the black on.
  • My wife is unavailable for three months, as she's doing time for fraud.
  • This is a distinction unavailable to the tone-deaf.

All 31 example sentences with unavailable

Synonyms of unavailable

Antonyms

Forms of unavailable

Adjective
comparativemore unavailable
superlativemost unavailable
Noun
pluralunavailables

Origin of unavailable

From un- + available.

Words formed from unavailable

Phrases with unavailable

Questions about unavailable

What does unavailable mean?
Unavailable means unavailing; ineffective.
What is unavailable in Hindi?
Unavailable in Hindi is अनुपलब्ध (anuplabdh). See Unavailable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unavailable?
Unavailable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce unavailable?
Unavailable is pronounced /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/.

Words near unavailable in the dictionary

  1. unautomated
  2. unautopsied
  3. unautumnal
  4. unavailabilities
  5. unavailability
  6. unavailable
  7. unavailable energies
  8. unavailable energy
  9. unavailableness
  10. unavailables
  11. unavailably

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unavailable (page history and authors); unavailable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unavailable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unavailable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unavailable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unavailable (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unavailable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unavailable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unavailable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unavailable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unavailable (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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