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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 inescapably

Oddly you nurture it, it is part of you, and inescapably part of your past, present, and future.

Grief: The Real Monster in The Babadook |Tim Teeman |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When The Daily Beast spoke to Scott when he was in Pyongyang, the clicks and grumbles on the phone line were inescapably obvious.

Dennis Rodman’s Sponsor for North Korea Trips Decides Working With a Homicidal Tyrant Was a Bad Idea |Tom Sykes |January 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Young men with mental illness are a common denominator but so, inescapably, are guns.

What We Didn’t Learn After Newtown |John Avlon |December 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
And for the inescapably materialistic aspirations of that blacksmith, DuBois did not have much regard.

David's Book Club: The Souls of Black Folk |David Frum |May 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

To be sure, we will inescapably judge the decisions that other governments make; I judge folks like Hugo Chavez all the time.

Should We Force Other Countries to Be Safe? |Megan McArdle |April 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She fought against the answer, but slowly, inescapably, it formed in her mind.

Bedside Manner |William Morrison
The odium of that reputation was inescapably his, Orson Vane's.

The Imitator |Percival Pollard
I mean that on days like this, we remember that we are all part of a continuum, inescapably connected by the ties that bind.

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches |Various
She had no personal relations—no responsibilities toward them such as Rose felt were inescapably hers.

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly |Hamlin Garland
The young man was in the air as inescapably as if he were the measles.

Virginia |Ellen Glasgow

British Dictionary definitions for inescapably

inescapable

/ (ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being escaped or avoided

Derived forms of inescapable

inescapably, adverb