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unavoidable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

Forms

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more unavoidable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unavoidable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

avoidable (antonym(s) of “impossible to avoid”)

Deriveds

unavoidably · unavoidability · unavoidableness

Synonyms

inescapable (impossible to avoid) · inevitable (impossible to avoid)

Translations (53)

fi väistämätön (impossible to avoid) · ro de neocolit (impossible to avoid) · gl inevitable (impossible to avoid) · de unausweichlich (impossible to avoid) · el άφευκτος (impossible to avoid) · la inevitabilis (impossible to avoid) · cmn 不可避免的 (impossible to avoid) · fo óundansleppandi (impossible to avoid) · cs nevyhnutelný (impossible to avoid) · sk nevyhnutný (impossible to avoid) · ar وَاجِب (impossible to avoid) · ro inevitabil (impossible to avoid) · it inevitabile (impossible to avoid) · de unvermeidlich (impossible to avoid) · fa اجتنابناپذیر (impossible to avoid) · cy anorfod (impossible to avoid) · gd do-sheachanta (impossible to avoid) · gl inevitábel (impossible to avoid) · km ដែលមិនអាចជៀសផុត (impossible to avoid) · fr inévitable (impossible to avoid) · da uundgåelig (impossible to avoid) · ja 不可避な (impossible to avoid) · be няміну́чы (impossible to avoid) · uk немину́чий (impossible to avoid) · de unvermeidbar (impossible to avoid) · lv neizbēgams (impossible to avoid) · ca inevitable (impossible to avoid) · ang unforbugendlic (impossible to avoid) · ru немину́емый (impossible to avoid) · nl onontkoombaar (impossible to avoid) · ru неотврати́мый (impossible to avoid) · es impajaritable (impossible to avoid) · nl onvermijdelijk (impossible to avoid) · bn ওয়াজিব (impossible to avoid) · is óumflýjanlegur (impossible to avoid) · he בלתי־נמנע (impossible to avoid) · fo óundankomandi (impossible to avoid) · cmn 免不了 (impossible to avoid) · pt incontornável (impossible to avoid) · ru непредотврати́мый (impossible to avoid) · lv nenovēršams (impossible to avoid) · pt inevitável (impossible to avoid) · pl nieunikniony (impossible to avoid) · ja やむを得ない (impossible to avoid) · hi अपरिहार्य (impossible to avoid) · hu elkerülhetetlen (impossible to avoid) · ru неизбе́жный (impossible to avoid) · cy anochel (impossible to avoid) · be непазбе́жны (impossible to avoid) · cy anocheladwy (impossible to avoid) · el αναπόφευκτος (impossible to avoid) · grc ἀναπόδραστος (impossible to avoid) · et vältimatu (impossible to avoid)

unavoidable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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[…] 1825, The London magazine, volume 12, page 490:

Forms

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unavoidables Number=Plur lexicographic