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inexorable

[ in-ek-ser-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. inexorable truth;

    inexorable justice.

  2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties:

    an inexorable creditor.

    Synonyms: pitiless, cruel, merciless, implacable, unrelenting, unbending

    Antonyms: merciful, flexible



inexorable

/ ɪnˈɛksərəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion
  2. relentless


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Derived Forms

  • inˈexorably, adverb
  • inˌexoraˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·ex·o·ra·bil·i·ty [in-ek-ser-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], in·ex·o·ra·ble·ness noun
  • in·ex·o·ra·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inexorable1

From the Latin word inexōrābilis, dating back to 1545–55. See in- 3, exorable

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inexorable1

C16: from Latin inexōrābilis, from in- 1+ exōrābilis, from exōrāre to prevail upon, from ōrāre to pray

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Example Sentences

The history of adaptive evolution has been recounted as a history of Sente—an inexorable sequence of tactical moves.

Nobody wants to migrate away from home, even when an inexorable danger is inching ever closer.

It’s an inexorable erosion of our skies that mirrors our impact on the Earth.

It’s a sense of wonder at the inexorable order in which the mathematical world arranges itself.

That being said, the newest addition to its list of Apple-made accessories, the $299-and-up Magic Keyboard, serves as both a sign of the iPad’s near-inexorable rise as the future of computing, as well as a bump in the otherwise fairly smooth road.

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Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance.

There is an inexorable blurring of the line that separates entertainers and athletes.

They are also correct that Tocqueville anticipated the inexorable spread of equality around the globe.

Meanwhile, sea level rise will emerge as a huge, inexorable and massively expensive problem.

But under the circumstances, they seem unable to stop its inexorable metastasis.

But he thought of the inexorable beating of that pulse of life—of life, and the will to live as her philosophy desired.

We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

But he did not give in without a struggle, and he fought loyally for the absent Dabbler, but the girls were inexorable.

Therefore the inexorable penalty, which evermore follows wrong, as a shadow its substance, was suffered to descend.

Long before they were ended, little Laura, with a determination as inexorable as Brodrick's, had left Brodrick's house.

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