unavoidable
unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.
Origin of unavoidable
1Other words for unavoidable
Other words from unavoidable
- un·a·void·a·bil·i·ty, un·a·void·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·a·void·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby unavoidable
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How to use unavoidable in a sentence
Experts point toward a spate of recent public health crises—SARS in 2003, the H1N1 scare of 2009, and Ebola in 2014—as indications that the interconnected, fast-moving nature of the modern world makes the spread of new illnesses unavoidable.
We already know how to keep the next pandemic from catching us off guard | Rob Verger | October 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceSectors such as travel, hospitality, and retail experienced sharp declines in revenue that were mostly unavoidable.
As the deadliest natural disaster in US history, the storm gets plenty of attention—but most people present it as an unavoidable tragedy.
Davis’s presence, though, has also made the comparisons all the more unavoidable.
LeBron And AD Dominate Like Kobe And Shaq. But Can They Win Like The Classic Lakers? | Robert O'Connell | August 24, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightSo, sometimes they’re unavoidable, and sometimes they’re great and useful.
How to Make Meetings Less Terrible (Ep. 389 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | May 28, 2020 | Freakonomics
Such an outcome, because it is unavoidable, must be anticipated.
To Kill the ISIS Monster You Gotta Do More Than Cut Off Its Money | Charlie Winter | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe hired a full-time nanny only when it became unavoidable as the family made plans to travel to Australia for a royal tour.
It was audacious and global in scope, yet annoying for being unavoidable.
U2 Generously Gives Us a Lousy Album, Sucks at the Corporate Teat | Hampton Stevens | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe manufacturing and sexualization of young starlets is a particularly obvious example of this unavoidable reality.
Lana Del Rey and the Fault in Our ‘Feminist’ Stars | Amy Zimmerman | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, what pray tell is this crucial unavoidable question that all evangelicals must answer?
Either they are unavoidable if your living questions are fully discussed, or they are irrelevant and they do not matter.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsIt was no surprise since he had been threatened with such for many months, he regarded it therefore as unavoidable.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxThe violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe explanation is simple enough and ought to satisfy you that the misadventure was unavoidable.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe suffering of individuals, of large masses, indeed, is unavoidable under capitalist conditions.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for unavoidable
/ (ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl) /
unable to be avoided; inevitable
law not capable of being declared null and void
Derived forms of unavoidable
- unavoidability or unavoidableness, noun
- unavoidably, adverb
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