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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District officials said the cuts are unavoidable.
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Da Lin, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Some hinted that concessions might be unavoidable, though Umerov stressed such a move would be politically and constitutionally unacceptable for Kyiv.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
For years, according to Jeff Edwards, founder and CEO of Energy Control Systems, operational teams across manufacturing, packaging, and processing environments have viewed stoppages as an unavoidable cost of doing business.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Modern Flash memory is vulnerable to unavoidable electron migration that is accelerated by temperature, significantly limiting its lifespan to 1-10 years.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
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Da Lin, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Some hinted that concessions might be unavoidable, though Umerov stressed such a move would be politically and constitutionally unacceptable for Kyiv.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
For years, according to Jeff Edwards, founder and CEO of Energy Control Systems, operational teams across manufacturing, packaging, and processing environments have viewed stoppages as an unavoidable cost of doing business.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
Modern Flash memory is vulnerable to unavoidable electron migration that is accelerated by temperature, significantly limiting its lifespan to 1-10 years.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavoidable. Accessed 15 Dec. 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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