inexorable
[in-ek-ser-uh-buh l]
- unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.
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Origin of inexorable
Synonyms
See more synonyms for inexorable on Thesaurus.com2. unbending; severe, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, merciless, cruel, pitiless. See inflexible.
Antonyms
2. flexible; merciful.
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Examples from the Web for inexorably
Contemporary Examples
Slowly, still falteringly but inexorably, Jim Crow justice was disappearing in the South.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights EraGary May
November 15, 2014
Here is our Wes, golden child with his long curls spilling down the pillow, inexorably beautiful in death.
In the subsequent chapters the narrator is pulled, inexorably, to new depths of disillusionment and wretchedness.
This sense of design, mysteriously, inexorably, appears in unexpected places.
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March 23, 2012
To see racism as structural unfairness, by contrast, is to see race and public policy as inexorably intertwined.
Historical Examples
"You knew rightly he wouldn't have liked it," John continued, inexorably.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
These were the ideas, the ideas of his family, and his church, which held him inexorably.
The Coryston FamilyMrs. Humphry Ward
The world-evolution uses us inexorably, either for light or for fuel.
The Great HungerJohan Bojer
He put his question desperately, knowing how inexorably it committed him.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
Out of control, with the Moon-gravity pulling us inexorably down!
inexorable
- not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion
- relentless
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin inexōrābilis, from in- 1 + exōrābilis, from exōrāre to prevail upon, from ōrāre to pray
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Word Origin and History for inexorably
inexorable
adj.
1550s, from Middle French inexorable and directly from Latin inexorabilis "that cannot be moved by entreaty," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + exorabilis "able to be entreated," from exorare "to prevail upon," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + orare "pray" (see orator). Related: Inexorably; inexorability.
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