unavoidable
adjective
un·avoid·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvȯi-də-bəl 
: not avoidable : inevitable
The accident was unavoidable.
Examples of unavoidable in a Sentence
unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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The phrase has become ubiquitous; almost unavoidable.
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Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
To some extent, these pitfalls are unavoidable.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The unavoidable flows of commerce, capital and communication, per Moffett, were already creating a single North American culture by sheer force of geography.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
To some extent, these pitfalls are unavoidable.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
The unavoidable flows of commerce, capital and communication, per Moffett, were already creating a single North American culture by sheer force of geography.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavoidable. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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unavoidable
adjective
un·avoid·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvȯid-ə-bəl
: not avoidable : inevitable
the accident was unavoidable
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