unavailableness

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noun

The quality of being unavailable.

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Meanings

noununavailableness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being unavailable.

    I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. They shield themselves with an aura of unavailableness (for which after a time they begin to take credit) largely as a defense tactic.

    1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 35, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 239

Origin

From unavailable + -ness.

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APA

unavailableness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailableness

MLA

“unavailableness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailableness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unavailableness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unavailableness.

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