ineluctable

[ in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl ]

/ ˌɪn ɪˈlʌk tə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.

OTHER WORDS FOR ineluctable

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

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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 FROM ineluctable

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

Words nearby ineluctable

inelegance, inelegancy, inelegant, ineligible, ineloquent, ineluctable, ineludible, inenarrable, inept, ineptitude, ineptness

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|DAILY BEAST
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

Derived forms of ineluctable

ineluctability, nounineluctably, adverb

Word Origin for ineluctable

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

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