unavailability
State of being gone
Unavailability is the state of not being available—whether a person who can't be reached, a product out of stock, or a resource that can't be accessed.
The word often appears in formal or technical contexts: The website's unavailability lasted three hours.
Someone's emotional unavailability suggests they're unwilling or unable to form close connections.
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
undersupply · paucity · depletion · deficiency · rationing · stockout · backorder · waitlist
Limit on action
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
prohibition · closure · downtime · outage · offline · maintenance · blackout · embargo
Arranged in advance
- occupiedCurrently in use
- engagedPledged to marry
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- busyActively occupied with tasks
conflict · double-booked · appointment · calendar · scheduling · tied up · indisposed · detained
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · undersupply · paucity · depletion · deficiency · rationing · stockout · backorder · waitlist · allocation
restriction
Limit on action
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- blockadeSealing off a place
- lockoutEmployer-imposed work stoppage
exclusion · prohibition · closure · downtime · outage · offline · maintenance · blackout · embargo · moratorium
booked
Arranged in advance
busy · conflict · double-booked · appointment · calendar · scheduling · tied up · indisposed · detained · otherwise engaged
vacancy
Unoccupied space or position
nonattendance · no-show · absenteeism · missing · lacking · without · gone · empty · unfilled · vacant
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
- shortfallsdeficit, shortfall, budget shortfall, shortage, gap
- hearsayrumor, gossip, hearsay, whisper, buzz
- emotional neglectneglect, emotional neglect, emotional deprivation, emotional distance, inattention
unavailabilityavailability
State of being obtainable
accessibility · obtainability · attainability · procurability · abundance
unavailabilityavailability
State of being obtainable
presence · readiness · handiness · preparedness · existence
unavailabilityavailability
State of being obtainable
openness · accessibility · free time · reachability · receptivity
- emotional unavailabilityInability to engage emotionally
available, avail, unavailable, availability, avails, availed, availing, unavailing