unavailableness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

unavailable +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

unavailableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unavailable.
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 35, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎[1], New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 239:
      I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. They shield themselves with an aura of unavailableness (for which after a time they begin to take credit) largely as a defense tactic.
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