Unavailability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being unavailable countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the quality of not being available when needed wordnet

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inaccessibility

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"The best records of childhood cancers were from Western countries, including the United States, which kept records on almost 100 percent of sick children. Five percent or less of the data came from Africa and Asia, according to the report. In those low resource settings, Steliarova-Foucher says many cancers may go undiagnosed because of a lack of awareness and the unavailability of diagnostic equipment."

Etymology

From un- + availability.

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