unavailable

/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

due, exasperating, likely, sorry, still

The manager was sorry but said the conference room would still be unavailable for another hour.

VERB + UNAVAILABLE

books, buy, dialed, must've, seen, services, tell, thought

The books you ordered are unavailable right now, but we can order them for you.

UNAVAILABLE + NOUN

japan, moment

The flight attendant explained that the vegetarian meal was unavailable at that moment.

PREP.

The manager was unavailable in the afternoon, so we rescheduled our meeting for tomorrow.

ADV.

currently, emotionally, temporarily

The manager was temporarily unavailable, so we rescheduled the meeting for next week.

Definitions

adj

Unavailing; ineffective.

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

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

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

Thesaurus

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Antonyms

available

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

We're sorry. The number you have dialed is currently unavailable.

Tatoeba · #497303

Tatoeba was temporarily unavailable.

Tatoeba · #1305709

English Wikipedia will be unavailable today.

Tatoeba · #1369390

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, unavailable is marked as obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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