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irreperibilità

unavailability

noun eer-reh-peh-ree-bee-lee-TAH Rare

Also means

untraceability

Usage Note

Irreperibilità is a formal or bureaucratic term meaning the state of being unreachable or untraceable — used when a person cannot be located by authorities (stato di irreperibilità) or when a product is no longer obtainable. Like all nouns ending in -tà, it is invariable in the plural: le irreperibilità is rare; it is almost always singular.

Examples

"L'irreperibilità del testimone ha bloccato il processo."

Natural Translation

The witness's unavailability stalled the trial.

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