unavoidable
adjective
un·avoid·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvȯi-də-bəl 
: not avoidable : inevitable
The accident was unavoidable.
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unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The joy of seeing the three together again is tempered by an unavoidable sadness — an emotion seldom associated with the Beatles.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
Alternatively, the heat is a means to an end, either stoking our immune system to work better, or simply a regrettable, but unavoidable byproduct of fighting off an infection.
—NPR, 27 Nov. 2025
With a Dickensian sweep and a vast cast of characters, Upadhyay created an ancient world saturated with the spirit of our time and shaped by political ambition and dark vision; hence the unavoidable violence of destruction.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavoidable. Accessed 5 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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