unavailableness

English

Etymology

unavailable +‎ -ness

Noun

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.