Unavoidable
/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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[…]"
Adjective
- 1 Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
"an unavoidable urge"
- 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 impossible to avoid or evade wordnet
Example
More examples"He had to part from her owing to unavoidable circumstances many years ago."
Etymology
From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.