unavailable

adjective

un·​avail·​able ˌən-ə-ˈvā-lə-bəl 

: not available: such as

a

: not possible to get or use

a book that is currently unavailable online

The conference room is unavailable this afternoon.

b

: unable or unwilling to do something

Officials were unavailable for comment.

The manager is unavailable to speak with you right now.

unavailability

ˌən-ə-ˌvā-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

Synonyms

• inaccessible
• inapproachable
• inconvenient
• unapproachable
• unattainable
• unobtainable
• unreachable
• untouchable

Examples of unavailable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The second time officers arrived at Lynch’s parents’ house on Arbor Lane, the clinician was unavailable. —Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

Exact viewership data for those titles is unavailable. —Selome Hailu, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024

Court documents related to the case were unavailable Friday afternoon. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2024

The flagship establishment on the Lower East Side, Mondo Kim’s, housed 55,000 titles, including bootleg copies of films otherwise unavailable in the U.S. and a plethora of obscure DIY projects. —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024

More information regarding the status of those cases is currently unavailable, attorney information for Rucker wasn't immediately available Wednesday. —Noah Osborne, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024

Air Force does not release salary information, and Hawaii’s salary pool was unavailable. —Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 2 Apr. 2024

Eclipses are a unique time for scientists to gather data that’s usually unavailable. —Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2024

With Robinson returning from injury, the only unavailable Heat players on Sunday were Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendintis), Caleb Martin (right ankle discomfort) and Josh Richardson (right shoulder surgery). —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above