unavoidable

adj, noun — 3 senses

unavoidable

adj

/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

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

1

Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

  • an unavoidable urge
2

Law 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 unavoidable1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
Synonyms
inescapable, inevitable
Antonyms
avoidable
Derived terms
unavoidability, unavoidableness, unavoidably

unavoidable

noun

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

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:

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