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unavoidable

adjective

  1. unable to be avoided
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

adj

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

  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

noun

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

  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[…]

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