unavailable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ available.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

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Adjective

unavailable (comparative more unavailable, superlative most unavailable)

1. (obsolete) Unavailing; ineffective. [16th–19th c.]
   • 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;  […], →OCLC:

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

2. Not available. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: inavailable, out of stock

   Antonym: 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.

   • 2020 April 8, “Fleet News: LNER to extend retention of Class 91s and Mk 4s”, in Rail, page 29:

     They are also needed to cover for unavailable Hitachi Azumas that require modifications to their inter-car connectors.

Derived terms

• bio-unavailable
• unavailable energy

Translations

not available

Arabic: غير متوفر Armenian: անհասանելի (hy) (anhasaneli) Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz Belarusian: недаступны (njedastupny) Bulgarian: недостъпен (bg) m (nedostǎpen), неналичен m (nenaličen) Catalan: indisponible Chinese: Cantonese: 無手邊 / 无手边 (mou4 sau2 bin1) Mandarin: 不可用 (bù kěyòng) Czech: nedostupný Dutch: niet beschikbaar, niet verkrijgbaar, onbeschikbaar (nl), onverkrijgbaar Esperanto: nedisponebla Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ei saatavilla, ei paikalla French: indisponible (fr) Galician: non dispoñible Georgian: მიუწვდომელი (miuc̣vdomeli) German: unerhältlich, nicht verfügbar, nicht erhältlich, unerhältlich, nicht erreichbar (emotions), nicht zugänglich (emotions), verschlossen (de) (emotions) Greek: δυσεύρετος (el) m (dysévretos), μη διαθέσιμος m (mi diathésimos) Hindi: अनुपलब्ध (hi) (anuplabdh) Hungarian: nem érhető el, nem elérhető/hozzáférhető, rendelkezésre nem álló Icelandic: ekki í boði, ófáanlegur (is) Italian: indisponibile (it) Latin: inexpedītus Norwegian: utilgjengelig Persian: در دسترس نیست (dar dastres nist) Polish: niedostępny (pl) m Portuguese: indisponível (pt) Romanian: indisponibil (ro), neutilizabil Russian: недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj) Serbo-Croatian: nedostupan (sh) Slovene: ne na vóljo Swedish: otillgänglig (sv), oanträffbar (sv) Ukrainian: недосту́пний (nedostúpnyj)

Noun

unavailable (plural unavailables)

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