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
—often followed by for or by to + a verb
Officials were unavailable for comment.
The manager is unavailable to speak with you right now.
: lack of availability
the unavailability of medical supplies endangered the wounded
Examples of unavailable in a Sentence
Adjective
the commander is unavailable right now
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Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
There, Coley falls for the magnetic but emotionally unavailable Sonya (Myra Molloy), and the broad strokes of the girls’ story, along with many of the original video’s most recognizable images, will be familiar to Kiyoko’s longtime fans.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
Telegram will be unavailable until June 22, while its message editing feature will also be disabled until June 30, India's National Testing Agency said in a statement shared on X on Tuesday.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Representatives of Lake Forest School District 67 and Lake Forest High School District 115 were unavailable for comment.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
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Adjective
The ruling follows a secret hearing now set to be unsealed, over defense objections that revealing Mangione’s psychiatric strategy could damage his parallel federal case, where such a defense is unavailable.
—Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
There, Coley falls for the magnetic but emotionally unavailable Sonya (Myra Molloy), and the broad strokes of the girls’ story, along with many of the original video’s most recognizable images, will be familiar to Kiyoko’s longtime fans.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
Telegram will be unavailable until June 22, while its message editing feature will also be disabled until June 30, India's National Testing Agency said in a statement shared on X on Tuesday.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Representatives of Lake Forest School District 67 and Lake Forest High School District 115 were unavailable for comment.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
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“Unavailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavailable. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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