unavailable

/ənəˈveɪləbəl/

/ənəˈveɪləbəl/

If you can't meet your friend for dinner on Tuesday because you have other plans, you are unavailable. If the shoes you want have been sold out, they are unavailable. Unavailable means not accessible.

If you avail yourself of something, you use it or take advantage of it. You might avail yourself of discount tickets to the theater provided by your school. If the tickets are all sold out, they are unavailable to you. In the context of dating, if someone is unavailable, he or she is already in a steady relationship or married. Someone emotionally unavailable is not open to sharing their feelings.

Definitions of unavailable

1. adjective

   not available or accessible or at hand
   “fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency”

   “his secretary said he was unavailable for comment”

   synonyms:

   inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable, untouchable

   not capable of being obtained

   out of stock

   not available for sale or use

   antonyms:

   available

   obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service

   accessible

   easily obtained

   acquirable

   capable of being acquired

   addressable

   capable of being addressed

   easy

   less in demand and therefore readily obtainable

   forthcoming

   available when required or as promised

   getable, gettable, obtainable, procurable

   capable of being obtained

   in stock

   available for use or sale

   lendable

   available for lending

   visible

   present and easily available

   on hand

   readily available

   on tap

   available for immediate use

   on tap

   (of liquids) available by turning a tap

   open

   not having been filled

   for sale, purchasable

   available for purchase

   ready

   (of especially money) immediately available