ineluctable
incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.
Origin of ineluctable
1Other words for ineluctable
Other words from ineluctable
- in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
- in·e·luc·ta·bly, adverb
Words Nearby ineluctable
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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.
How Bad Does the GOP Need Chris Christie? Really Bad. | Michael Tomasky | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe felt that in the face of every obstacle he was still the instrument of an ineluctable and incorruptible Justice.
The Shadow | Arthur StringerOthers he seldom felt called upon to judge, but if the instance were ineluctable, he was prone to an amiable generosity.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins AdamsI 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 JamesNature 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
/ (ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl) /
(esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
Origin of ineluctable
1Derived forms of ineluctable
- ineluctability, noun
- ineluctably, adverb
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