unavailability

Example Sentences

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Physical unavailability means the cargo doesn’t exist to be purchased at any price.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"If there's a failure or unavailability during this phase you have to go back, or even start from scratch," Carroll said.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Outdoor advocates say that travellers currently planning their outdoor vacations to national parks should expect numerous issues, including increased litter, a shortage of lodging and the unavailability of many services they have come to expect.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

The show also added back in “When I Went Home,” a song “that explains his emotional unavailability because he’s been so hurt,” added Price.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024

It’s thus straightforward to review a region’s big mammals and to test whether the lack of mammal domestication in some regions was due to the unavailability of suitable wild species, rather than to local peoples.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond