unavoidable

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(un′ə voidə bəl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•a•void•a•ble /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. unable to be avoided;
    inescapable:an unavoidable delay.
un•a•void•a•bly, adv.: We've been unavoidably detained.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•a•void•a•ble  (un′ə voidə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. unable to be avoided;
    inevitable:an unavoidable delay.
  • un-1 + avoidable 1570–80
un′a•void′a•bili•ty, un′a•voida•ble•ness, n. 
un′a•voida•bly, adv. 
    inescapable, unpreventable, fated, sure, certain.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
unavoidable / ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/
  1. unable to be avoided; inevitable
  2. not capable of being declared null and void
ˌunaˌvoidaˈbility, ˌunaˈvoidablenessˌunaˈvoidably
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