Inescapable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inescapable is an adjective meaning Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
Meaning
Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
Example Sentences
The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape.
Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.
Later, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN that Ukraine could not join Nato immediately as it was “an inescapable fact” that the treaty’s mutual defence clause would mean allies would be obliged to enter a direct war with Russia.
Word Forms
- inescapeable
Synonyms for inescapable
Depending on context, synonyms include inevitable, unescapable, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone.
Antonyms for inescapable
Common opposites include escapable, evitable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ineluctable, unavoidable, inevitable, insurmountable, inalienable, unstoppable.
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