Meanings
comparative more unavailable · superlative most unavailable
- obsoleteUnavailing; ineffective.First known use 16th–19th c.
To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable.
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; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC - Not available.First known use 19th c.
A cold, reserved man, he was seen as emotionally unavailable.
2 more examples
This product is unavailable at the moment, but we hope to order more by next week.
They are also needed to cover for unavailable Hitachi Azumas that require modifications to their inter-car connectors.
2020 April 8, “Fleet News: LNER to extend retention of Class 91s and Mk 4s”, in Rail, page 29Synonyms: inavailable, out of stock · Antonyms: available
plural unavailables
- UShistoryA communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot available or accessible or at hand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishavailable
- Englishunavailable
Translations
Arabic غير متوفر
- غير متوفرnot available
Bulgarian недостъпен, неналичен
- недостъпен (nedostăpen)not available
- неналичен (nenaličen)not available
Catalan indisponible
- indisponiblenot available
Chinese Cantonese 無手邊 /无手边
- 無手邊 /无手边 (mou⁴ sau² bin¹)not available
Chinese Mandarin 不可用
- 不可用 (bù kěyòng)not available
Czech nedostupný
- nedostupnýnot available
Dutch niet beschikbaar, niet verkrijgbaar
- niet beschikbaarnot available
- niet verkrijgbaarnot available
- onbeschikbaarnot available
- onverkrijgbaarnot available
Esperanto nedisponebla
- nedisponeblanot available
Finnish ei saatavilla, ei paikalla
- ei saatavillanot available
- ei paikallanot available
French indisponible
- indisponiblenot available
German unerhältlich, nicht verfügbar
- unerhältlichnot available
- nicht verfügbarnot available
- nicht erhältlichnot available
- nicht erreichbarnot available
- nicht zugänglichnot available
- verschlossennot available
Greek δυσεύρετος, μη διαθέσιμος
- δυσεύρετος (dysévretos)not available
- μη διαθέσιμος (mi diathésimos)not available
Hindi अनुपलब्ध
- अनुपलब्ध (anuplabdh)not available
Hungarian nem érhető el, nem elérhető/hozzáférhető
- nem érhető elnot available
- nem elérhető/hozzáférhetőnot available
- rendelkezésre nem állónot available
Icelandic ekki í boði, ófáanlegur
- ekki í boðinot available
- ófáanlegurnot available
Italian indisponibile
- indisponibilenot available
Latin inexpedītus
- inexpedītusnot available
Norwegian utilgjengelig
- utilgjengelignot available
Persian در دسترس نیست
- در دسترس نیست (dar dastres nist)not available
Polish niedostępny
- niedostępnynot available
Portuguese indisponível
- indisponívelnot available
Romanian indisponibil, neutilizabil
- indisponibilnot available
- neutilizabilnot available
Russian недосту́пный
- недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)not available
Swedish otillgänglig, oanträffbar
- otillgänglignot available
- oanträffbarnot available
Ukrainian недосту́пний
- недосту́пний (nedostúpnyj)not available
Cite this entry
unavailable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailable
“unavailable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unavailable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailable.
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