inavailable

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A form of unavailable — Unavailing; ineffective.

OriginEnglish available ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveinavailable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete form of unavailable.

    all the means of grace are inavailable to do him good

    1650, Pilula ad expurgandam Hypocrisin. A pill to purge formality.
    1 more example

    […] whatsoever the Father hath done in the Contrivance, or the Son hath done in the Accomplishment of our Redemption, is all inavailable, and ineffectual, to our Salvation, without this.

    1740, John Flavel, The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unavailable

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishavailable
  8. Englishinavailable

From in- + available.

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APA

inavailable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inavailable

MLA

“inavailable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inavailable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inavailable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inavailable.

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