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inescapable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English escape Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English escapable English inescapable From in- + escapable.

Meanings

1. Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
   • Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law. 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
   • The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape. 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
   • Later, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN that Ukraine could not join Nato immediately as it was “an inescapable fact” that the treaty’s mutual defence clause would mean allies would be obliged to enter a direct war with Russia. 2023 July 12, Dan Sabbagh, quoting Jake Sullivan, “Zelenskiy forced to recalibrate to avert Nato summit falling-out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Antonyms

escapable · evitable

Deriveds

inescapableness · inescapably

Relateds

escapably · unescapably · inescapability · unescapability · escapability

Synonyms

predictable · inevitable · inevitable · certain · unavoidable · natural · unescapable · inexorable · impreventable · foregone · necessary · inescapable · unpreventable · ineluctable · irresistible · fatal · avoidless · unforestallable · unescapable

Translations (27)

pt incontornável (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · es inevitable (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · uk невідворо́тний (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · de unumgänglich (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · uk неуникне́нний (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · uk неуникни́й (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · de unentrinnbar (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · nl onontkoombaar (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · ja 逃げられない (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · de unausweichlich (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · nl onvermijdelijk (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · la inēluctābilis (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · grc ἄφυκτος (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · el αναπόφευκτος (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · ru неотвратимый (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · ru неизбывный (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · fi vääjäämätön (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · ru неизбе́жный (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · gv neuscapailagh (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · fr inévitable (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · el άφευκτος (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · es insoslayable (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · el αναπόδραστος (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · uk немину́чий (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · pt inevitável (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · de unvermeidlich (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape) · fr inéluctable (impossible (unable) to avoid or escape)