ineluctable

[ in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl ]

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adjective

incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.

Origin of ineluctable

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin inēluctābilis, equivalent to in- negative and privative prefix + ēluctā(rī) “to force a way out or over, surmount” (from ē- verbal prefix + luctārī “to wrestle”) + -bilis adjective suffix; see e-¹, in-³, -ble

Other words for ineluctable

inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable, certain, sure, fated

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Other words from ineluctable

in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
in·e·luc·ta·bly, adverb

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How to use ineluctable in a sentence

Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House.
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He felt that in the face of every obstacle he was still the instrument of an ineluctable and incorruptible Justice.
The Shadow | Arthur Stringer
Others he seldom felt called upon to judge, but if the instance were ineluctable, he was prone to an amiable generosity.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams
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.
The Letters of Henry James (volume I) | Henry James
Nature herself is maya; natural science must perforce deal with her ineluctable quiddity.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda

She liked Evanthia because she had that ineluctable quality of transfiguring an act into a grandiose gesture.
Command | William McFee

British Dictionary definitions for ineluctable

ineluctable

/ (ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl) /

adjective

(esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable

Origin of ineluctable

C17: from Latin inēluctābilis, from in- 1 + ēluctārī to escape, from luctārī to struggle

Derived forms of ineluctable

ineluctability, noun
ineluctably, adverb

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