Definitions for unavoidableˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•a•void•a•bleˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl(adj.)

  1. 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

  1. ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable(adj)

    impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

    "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. unavoidable(adjective)ˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl

    ≠ avoidable

    an unavoidable accident; The delays were unavoidable.; higher energy costs that unavoidably affect everyone

Wiktionary

  1. unavoidable(Adjective)

    impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unavoidable(adj)

    not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles

  2. Unavoidable(adj)

    not voidable; incapable of being made null or void


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