Definitions for inexorable
ɪnˈɛk sər ə bəlin·ex·orable

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective

   not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

   "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

2. adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigentadjective

   impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

   "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. inexorableadjective

   Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting

2. inexorableadjective

   Impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable

3. inexorableadjective

   Adamant; severe

4. Etymology: From inexorabilis, from in- + exorabilis, from exorare, from ex + orare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inexorableadjective

   Not to be intreated; not to be moved by intreaty.

   Etymology: inexorable, Fr. inexorabilis, Latin.

   You are more inhuman, more inexorable,
   Oh ten times more, than tygers of Hyrcania. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Inexorable dog. William Shakespeare, Merch of Venice.

   The scourge
   Inexorable calls to penance. John Milton.

   The guests invited came,
   And with the rest th' inexorable dame. Dryden.

   Th' inexorable gates were barr'd,
   And nought was seen, and nought was heard,
   But dreadful gleams, shrieks of woe Alexander Pope, St. Cæcilia.

   We can be deaf to the words of so sweet a charmer, and inexorable to all his invitations. John Rogers.

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1. inexorable

   Inexorable refers to something that is impossible to stop, change, or prevent. It is often used to describe situations, events, or processes that are relentless or unyielding.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Inexorableadjective

   not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge

2. Etymology: [L. inexorabilis: cf. F. inexorable. See In- not, and Exorable, Adore.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Inexorable

   in-egz′or-a-bl, adj. not to be moved by entreaty: unrelenting: unalterable.—ns. Inex′orableness, Inexorabil′ity.—adv. Inex′orably.—Inexorable logic of facts, Mazzini's phrase for the inexorable force of circumstances, whose conclusions are beyond the reach of argument. [L.,—in, not, exorabilis—exorāre—ex, out of, orāre, to entreat.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inexorable in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inexorable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of inexorable in a Sentence

1. Mathew Rosengart:

   Mr. Spears was forced to concede in his August 12,2021 ‘ First Response ’ to Britney Spears’s Petition to remove him that he must depart – and his departure is now inexorable, as we wrote in our new filing with the Court, however, the quid pro quopreconditions that Mr. Spears’s sought in his August 12, 2021 court filing are inappropriate and unacceptable.

2. Mathew Rosengart:

   Mr. Spears was forced to concede in his August 12,2021 ‘First Response’ to Britney Spears’s Petition to remove him that he must depart -- and his departure is now inexorable.

3. Simone Weil:

   Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

4. Frank Straus Meyer:

   The ideal type of the Communist is a man in whom all individual, emotional, and unconscious elements have been reduced to a minimum and subjected to the control of an iron will, informed by a supple intellect. That intellect is totally at the service of a single and compelling idea, made incarnate in the Communist Party: the concept of History as an inexorable god whose ways are revealed ‘scientifically’ through the doctrine and method of Marxism-Leninism.

5. Susan Sontag:

   Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inexorable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inexorable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=inexorable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inexorable
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=inexorable