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ineluctable
[ in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- incapable of being evaded; inescapable:
an ineluctable destiny.
Synonyms: unpreventable, fated, sure, certain, inexorable, unstoppable, irrevocable, unavoidable, inevitable
ineluctable
/ ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl /
adjective
- (esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
Derived Forms
- ˌineˌluctaˈbility, noun
- ˌineˈluctably, adverb
Other Words From
- in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty noun
- in·e·luc·ta·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of ineluctable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ineluctable1
Example Sentences
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House.
He felt that in the face of every obstacle he was still the instrument of an ineluctable and incorruptible Justice.
Others he seldom felt called upon to judge, but if the instance were ineluctable, he was prone to an amiable generosity.
I am so bad that I am fleeing in a day or two—as I hope you will have been doing if your ineluctable fate doesn't spare you.
Nature herself is maya; natural science must perforce deal with her ineluctable quiddity.
She liked Evanthia because she had that ineluctable quality of transfiguring an act into a grandiose gesture.
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