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inescapable

[ in-uh-skey-puh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪn əˈskeɪ pə bəl /

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adjective

incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.

Origin of inescapable

First recorded in 1785–95; in-³ + escapable

OTHER WORDS FROM inescapable

in·es·cap·a·ble·ness, noun in·es·cap·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby inescapable

inertial mass, inertial observer, inertial platform, inertial system, inertial upper stage, inescapable, inescutcheon, inessential, inessive, inestimable, inevitable

Example sentences from the Web for inescapable

Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.

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Hot orange flames leap into the sky bringing with them the sickening, inescapable stench of death.

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The message sent from the Tower of London this fall is still as inescapable as it was in 1914.

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For Lewinsky, it was not so much untouchable as inescapable.

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It can no longer be ignored; it has become incontournable, which is to say inevitable and inescapable.

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He had never been taught to shrink from the inescapable facts of existence.

Poor Man's Rock |Bertrand W. Sinclair
Worse than all that, his potency, the spirit and heat of living, met without any renewal its inescapable winter.

Cytherea |Joseph Hergesheimer
Nothing else mattered; not the inescapable pollution of the rivers, not the weariness and hunger and many distresses of the way.

John Wesley, Jr. |Dan B. Brummitt
If such a woman chanced also to be beautiful beyond comparison with her less favored sisters, the conclusion was inescapable.

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The law is inescapable, for an action is either lawful or unlawful.

The Status Civilization |Robert Sheckley

British Dictionary definitions for inescapable

inescapable

/ (ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being escaped or avoided

Derived forms of inescapable

inescapably, adverb