unavailable
/ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not available.
noun
A communist who operated underground and was therefore not available for a political leadership position.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "To recriminate now, he said, would be as exasperating as unavailable."
- "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."
- "They are also needed to cover for unavailable Hitachi Azumas that require modifications to their inter-car connectors."
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.