Antonyms for unavailable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-vey-luh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : əˈveɪ lə bəl


Definition of unavailable

Origin :
  • 1540s, "ineffectual," from un- (1) "not" + available. Meaning "incapable of being used" is recorded from 1855. Unavailing (1660s) has taken up the older sense of the word.
  • adj not available
Example sentences :
  • It had been broken off, and this means of egress was unavailable.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • If the photophore is unavailable, a hot-water bottle may be applied.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • I mailed it next day to the Knickerbocker, with stamps for return if unavailable.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • Three more were unavailable while their damages were being slowly repaired.
  • Extract from : « Famous Sea Fights » by John Richard Hale
  • He has been abused about the western banks and the unavailable funds.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • After a time the story was returned as unavailable for the magazine.
  • Extract from : « The Girl From the Marsh Croft » by Selma Lagerlf
  • As the principal supply was German, it has been unavailable.
  • Extract from : « Animal Proteins » by Hugh Garner Bennett
  • It seemed that for a thousand reasons a cow and a sledge were unavailable.
  • Extract from : « Through Arctic Lapland » by Cutcliffe Hyne
  • Had I not lived close by, the time necessary to get medical aid from a greater distance might have rendered it unavailable.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • But this man had taken the trouble to explain why it was unavailable.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Synonyms for unavailable

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