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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unavoidable (comparative more unavoidable, superlative most unavoidable)

  1. Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
    an unavoidable urge
  2. (law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of impossible to avoid): avoidable

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Noun

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unavoidable (plural unavoidables)

  1. Something that cannot be avoided.
    • 1825, The London magazine, volume 12, page 490:
      Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least []