Mr Hicks is out of the country and so unavailable for comment...
Basic food products are frequently unavailable in the state shops.
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unavailable — UK US /ˌʌnəˈveɪləbl/ adjective ► not able to be bought, owned, etc.: unavailable to sb »Much of their clothing is custom made and unavailable to the public. »This information was previously unavailable online. ► if someone is unavailable, they do … Financial and business terms
unavailable — index difficult, inaccessible, scarce, unattainable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unavailable — (adj.) 1540s, ineffectual, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + AVAILABLE (Cf. available). Meaning incapable of being used is recorded from 1855. Unavailing (1660s) has taken up the older sense of the word … Etymology dictionary
unavailable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not at someone s disposal. 2) not free to do something. DERIVATIVES unavailability noun … English terms dictionary
unavailable — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
unavailable — un|a|vail|a|ble [ ,ʌnə veıləbl ] adjective 1. ) not able to go somewhere, meet someone, or do something: Some witnesses were unavailable at the time of the trial. unavailable for: Irving and Wallace are both unavailable for next week s game. be… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unavailable — UK [ˌʌnəˈveɪləb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) not able to go somewhere, meet someone, or do something Some witnesses were unavailable at the time of the trial. unavailable for: Irving and Wallace are both unavailable for next week s match. be… … English dictionary
unavailable — un|a|vail|a|ble [ˌʌnəˈveıləbəl] adj [not before noun] 1.) not able to be obtained ▪ Funding for the new school is unavailable. unavailable to ▪ materials that were unavailable to researchers in the past 2.) not able or willing to meet someone… … Dictionary of contemporary English
unavailable — adjective (not before noun) 1 not able to be obtained: Funding for the new school is unavailable. 2 not able or willing to meet someone: I m sorry, the principal is unavailable just now … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
unavailable — 1. unwilling to accept a call Social and business jargon, whether the call is by telephone or in person. 2. evading arrest Police and underworld jargon: Ray Tuck is unavailable at the moment. And we ve got a three line whip out on … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
