unavoidable

[ uhn-uh-voi-duh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.

Origin of unavoidable

1
1570–80; un-1 + avoidable

Other 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

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British Dictionary definitions for unavoidable

unavoidable

/ (ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl) /


adjective
  1. unable to be avoided; inevitable

  2. law not capable of being declared null and void

Derived forms of unavoidable

  • unavoidability or unavoidableness, noun
  • unavoidably, adverb

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