ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unavoidable

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Unavoidable is an adjective meaning Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

Meaning

Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

More Meanings

  1. (law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
  2. Something that cannot be avoided.

Example Sentences

an unavoidable urge
Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least[…]
A confirmation is allied to a release, being a conveyance of an estate or right in esse whereby a voidable estate is made unavoidable

Word Forms

Synonyms for unavoidable

Depending on context, synonyms include inescapable, inevitable, ineluctable.

Antonyms for unavoidable

Common opposites include avoidable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ineluctable, inevitable, inescapable, inevitability, inevitably, inexorable.

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