unavoidable

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
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Adjective

unavoidable (comparative more unavoidable, superlative most unavoidable)

Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
an unavoidable urge
(law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
  A confirmation is allied to a release, being a conveyance of an estate or right in esse whereby a voidable estate is made unavoidable

Usage notes

See usage notes at inevitable.

Synonyms

(impossible to avoid): inescapable, inevitable

Antonyms

(impossible to avoid): avoidable

Translations

impossible to avoid

Arabic: وَاجِب‎ (ar) (wājib)
Belarusian: непазбе́жны (be) (njepazbjéžny), няміну́чы (njaminúčy)
Bengali: ওয়াজিব (bn) (oyajibô)
Catalan: inevitable (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不可避免的 (bùkě bìmiǎn de), 免不了 (zh) (miǎnbuliǎo)
Czech: nevyhnutelný (cs)
Danish: uundgåelig
Dutch: onvermijdelijk (nl), onontkoombaar (nl)
Estonian: vältimatu (et)
Faroese: óundansleppandi, óundankomandi
Finnish: väistämätön (fi)
French: inévitable (fr)
Galician: inevitable (gl), inevitábel (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: unausweichlich (de), unvermeidlich (de), unvermeidbar (de)
Greek: αναπόφευκτος (el) (anapófefktos)
Ancient: ἀναπόδραστος (anapódrastos)
Hebrew: בלתי־נמנע‎ m (biltí-nimná)
Hungarian: elkerülhetetlen (hu)
Icelandic: óumflýjanlegur (is)
Italian: inevitabile (it)
Japanese: 不可避な (ja) (fukahi na), やむを得ない (yamu wo enai)
Khmer: ដែលមិនអាចជៀសផុត (dael mɨn aac cieh pʰot)
Latin: inevitabilis
Latvian: nenovēršams, neizbēgams
Old English: unforbugendlic
Persian: اجتناب‌ناپذیر‎ (fa) (ejtenâb-nâpazir)
Polish: nieunikniony (pl) m
Portuguese: inevitável (pt), incontornável
Romanian: inevitabil (ro), de neocolit
Russian: неизбе́жный (ru) (neizbéžnyj), немину́емый (ru) (neminújemyj), неотврати́мый (ru) (neotvratímyj), непредотврати́мый (ru) (nepredotvratímyj)
Scottish Gaelic: do-sheachanta
Slovak: nevyhnutný
Spanish: inevitable (es)
Ukrainian: немину́чий (nemynúčyj)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: anochel (cy), anocheladwy (cy), anorfod (cy)
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

unavoidable (plural unavoidables)

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 […]