unavailability

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noun

The state of being unavailable

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 22

Meanings

noununavailability (countable and uncountable, plural unavailabilities)

plural unavailabilities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being unavailable

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

nounthe quality of not being available when needed

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishavailability
  9. Englishunavailability

From un- + availability.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Czech nedostupnost
  • nedostupnoststate of being unavailable
French indisponibilité
  • indisponibilitéstate of being unavailable
German Nichtverfügbarkeit
  • Nichtverfügbarkeitstate of being unavailable
Portuguese indisponibilidade
  • indisponibilidadestate of being unavailable
Russian недосту́пность
  • недосту́пность (nedostúpnostʹ)state of being unavailable
Spanish indisponibilidad
  • indisponibilidadstate of being unavailable
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: unavailability on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.