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Recent Examples of unavailability
But teams interested in Nootbaar haven’t seemed deterred by his potential early-season unavailability.
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Katie Woo, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Linebacker Devon Williams and cornerback John Nestor were not listed on the U’s unavailability report, setting up their return for the Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2025
Now, emotional unavailability can be a real problem in a relationship, but love bombing is technically defined as a form of emotional abuse.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
The Store’s unavailability appears to be part of a broader cloud service disruption rather than a coordinated launch event.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The San Jose Police Department — whose officers have been involved in several of the shootings that inspired the bill — declined comment, citing the unavailability of police commanders authorized to speak for the agency on the issue.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
During the previous two seasons alone, whenever the Hornets did have a game initially scheduled to be shown to a national audience, it got yanked due to various factors, typically due to Charlotte’s record and unavailability of key players.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Katie Woo, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Linebacker Devon Williams and cornerback John Nestor were not listed on the U’s unavailability report, setting up their return for the Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2025
Now, emotional unavailability can be a real problem in a relationship, but love bombing is technically defined as a form of emotional abuse.
—Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
The Store’s unavailability appears to be part of a broader cloud service disruption rather than a coordinated launch event.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The San Jose Police Department — whose officers have been involved in several of the shootings that inspired the bill — declined comment, citing the unavailability of police commanders authorized to speak for the agency on the issue.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
During the previous two seasons alone, whenever the Hornets did have a game initially scheduled to be shown to a national audience, it got yanked due to various factors, typically due to Charlotte’s record and unavailability of key players.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavailability
inaccessibility
Noun
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This inaccessibility has contributed to a lack of trust in the American health care system.—
Uché Blackstock,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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Scientists at Michigan Technological University and VolcanoDiscovery tracked the development primarily via satellite because of the area's inaccessibility and extreme environmental conditions.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Unavailability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavailability. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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