adj
Meaning 1
Unavailing; ineffective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unavailable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 V EY1 L AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not available.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This product is unavailable at the moment, but we hope to order more by next week.
- A cold, reserved man, he was seen as emotionally unavailable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inavailable, out of stock
Antonyms: available
noun
Meaning 3
A communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
not available or accessible or at hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency
- his secretary said he was unavailable for comment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: available
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English available English unavailable From un- + available.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غير متوفر — not available
- Armenian: անհասանելի (anhasaneli) — not available
- Azerbaijani: əlçatmaz — not available
- Belarusian: недаступны (njedastupny) — not available
- Bulgarian: недостъпен (nedostǎpen) — not available
- Bulgarian: неналичен (nenaličen) — not available
- Catalan: indisponible — not available
- Chinese Cantonese: 無手邊 /无手边 (mou4 sau2 bin1) — not available
- Chinese Mandarin: 不可用 (bù kěyòng) — not available
- Czech: nedostupný — not available
- Dutch: niet beschikbaar — not available
- Dutch: niet verkrijgbaar — not available
- Dutch: onbeschikbaar — not available
- Dutch: onverkrijgbaar — not available
- Esperanto: nedisponebla — not available
- Finnish: ei saatavilla — not available
- Finnish: ei paikalla — not available
- French: indisponible — not available
- Galician: non dispoñible — not available
- Georgian: მიუწვდომელი (miuc̣vdomeli) — not available
- German: unerhältlich — not available
- German: nicht verfügbar — not available
- German: nicht erhältlich — not available
- German: nicht erreichbar — not available
- German: nicht zugänglich — not available
- German: verschlossen — not available
- Greek: δυσεύρετος (dysévretos) — not available
- Greek: μη διαθέσιμος (mi diathésimos) — not available
- Hindi: अनुपलब्ध (anuplabdh) — not available
- Hungarian: nem érhető el — not available
- Hungarian: nem elérhető/hozzáférhető — not available
- Hungarian: rendelkezésre nem álló — not available
- Icelandic: ekki í boði — not available
- Icelandic: ófáanlegur — not available
- Italian: indisponibile — not available
- Latin: inexpedītus — not available
- Norwegian: utilgjengelig — not available
- Persian: در دسترس نیست (dar dastres nist) — not available
- Polish: niedostępny — not available
- Portuguese: indisponível — not available
- Romanian: indisponibil — not available
- Romanian: neutilizabil — not available
- Russian: недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj) — not available
- Serbo-Croatian: nedostupan — not available
- Slovene: ne na vóljo — not available
- Swedish: otillgänglig — not available
- Swedish: oanträffbar — not available
- Ukrainian: недосту́пний (nedostúpnyj) — not available
Real reading context