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Unavoidable

//ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

    "an unavoidable urge"

  2. 2
    Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

    "A confirmation is allied to a release, being a conveyance of an estate or right in esse whereby a voidable estate is made unavoidable"

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to avoid or evade wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that cannot be avoided.

    "Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.

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