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ineluctable

[ in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. incapable of being evaded; inescapable:

    an ineluctable destiny.

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



ineluctable

/ ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl /

adjective

  1. (esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌineˌluctaˈbility, noun
  • ˌineˈluctably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty noun
  • in·e·luc·ta·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ineluctable1

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; e- 1, in- 3, -ble
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ineluctable1

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

It’s meant to provide an ineluctable link between the modern event and the ancient Greek original on which it was initially modelled.

Associated economic theories about the ineluctable rise of worldwide free market capitalism took on a similar sheen of invincibility and inevitability.

She drains the terrible scene of histrionics and elevates it into something concerning but calm, quiet, almost ineluctable.

For some, the ineluctable transformation from margin to mainstream, outsider to insider, has made drag aesthetics a fearsome threat to an established way of life.

"A future whitewash in a special counsel report is bound to fail in light of the overwhelming, undeniable and ineluctable amount of evidence of Russian government efforts to help Trump and harm Clinton."

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