as in inaccessible
hard or impossible to get to or get at
the commander is unavailable right now
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Recent Examples of unavailable
The only Celtics rotation player unavailable for Wednesday’s contest in Miami is center Nikola Vucevic because of a finger injury.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
What gets deployed in the Middle East is unavailable in Eastern Europe.
—Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
And in 2025, Gano tweaked his groin while warming up before a 22-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3, leaving him unavailable for the first half.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Police blotter Additional details were unavailable from San Diego police.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
What gets deployed in the Middle East is unavailable in Eastern Europe.
—Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
And in 2025, Gano tweaked his groin while warming up before a 22-9 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 3, leaving him unavailable for the first half.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
Police blotter Additional details were unavailable from San Diego police.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavailable
inaccessible
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The top floor and basement of the building, once used to house workers and the resident operator, will be inaccessible, Dennison said.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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If the knowledge that defines an organization’s experience is inaccessible or lost entirely, those systems will produce incomplete, generic intelligence.—
Jason Dressel,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Unavailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavailable. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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