Definitions for unavoidableˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•a•void•a•bleˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl(adj.)
unable to be avoided; inescapable:
an unavoidable delay.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of unavoidable:
1570–80
un`a•void′a•bly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable(adj)
impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
"an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
unavoidable(adjective)ˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl
≠ avoidable
an unavoidable accident; The delays were unavoidable.; higher energy costs that unavoidably affect everyone
Wiktionary
unavoidable(Adjective)
impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
Webster Dictionary
Unavoidable(adj)
not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles
Unavoidable(adj)
not voidable; incapable of being made null or void
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