† unvailableadj.
Obsolete.
Of no avail; unavailing; useless.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing
gainlessc1175
speedless13..
unspeedfula1340
ineffectualc1425
frustratory1490
unvailablea1500
frustrate1529
uneffectual1548
unavailable1549
unfectual1549
bootless1559
dudgeon?1589
inavailable1650
unavailing1672
dud1914
a1500 in Ratis Raving 24 Al that is bot vanite and lycht, transitoure blythnes, wnwalable.
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. l. 236 Mannes helpe is but vayne & vnuaylable in such nedis.
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 5 Without which..it would be vnuailable to regeneration.
1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 228 Julian the 2d. who threw Peters keys into Tyber as unvaileable.
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adj.a1500- to have a pot in the pate
- to have a price on one's head
- to have a problem with
- to have a pudding in the oven
- to have a pull of
- to have a pull on
- to have a pull over
- to have a punt
- to have a punt around
- to have a quick study
- to have a recourse to
- to have a regard to
- to have a respect to
- to have a right to
- to have a right to do something
- to have a rod at one's girdle
- to have a rod in stale
- to have a rod under one's girdle
- to have a roll on
- to have a rough ride
- to have a routine down pat
- to have a routine off pat
- to have a routine pat
- to have a run for one's money
- to have a run-in