unavailable
adjective
un·avail·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvā-lə-bəl 
: not available: such as
a
: not possible to get or use
a book that is currently unavailable online
The conference room is unavailable this afternoon.
b
: unable or unwilling to do something
Officials were unavailable for comment.
The manager is unavailable to speak with you right now.
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Examples of unavailable in a Sentence
the commander is unavailable right now
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Beginning Monday, about 2,000 bars and restaurants across the state will be able to pour the regional favorite, which for the first 195 years of its history was unavailable in Illinois — except for some grassroots interstate bootlegging.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
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—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
The TikTok app is currently unavailable in the Apple App Store, meaning that anyone who wishes to download the app for the first time, or those who want to re-download it after deleting the application from their phone amid the company's brief ban, are unable to do so.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
While the app began working again for those who already downloaded it, TikTok remains unavailable for download on Google’s and Apple’s app stores.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
How to Get Around the US TikTok Ban TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn’t as simple as using a VPN.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2025
The TikTok app is currently unavailable in the Apple App Store, meaning that anyone who wishes to download the app for the first time, or those who want to re-download it after deleting the application from their phone amid the company's brief ban, are unable to do so.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
While the app began working again for those who already downloaded it, TikTok remains unavailable for download on Google’s and Apple’s app stores.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Unavailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavailable. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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