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[ adjective ] not available or accessible or at hand

Examples

"fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency" "his secretary said he was unavailable for comment"

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

Evidence that other sources of financing are unavailable must be provided .

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Cardboard noisemakers , substitutes for the unavailable tin models , were being hawked and bought at makeshift stands every few yards along Broadway , and one 's ears were continually serenaded by the horns ' rasps and bleats .

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