unavailable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ available.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/
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Adjective

unavailable (comparative more unavailable, superlative most unavailable)

(obsolete) Unavailing; ineffective. [16th–19th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter DXXXVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.
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.

Derived terms

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)

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

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