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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Honest conversations are also unavoidable, especially for those of you who have been holding back your true feelings.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The extent of the unavoidable seemed to be in the eye of the beholder.
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Travelers are encouraged to delay non-essential trips during the advisory period and use extreme caution if travel is unavoidable.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
The extent of the unavoidable seemed to be in the eye of the beholder.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Travelers are encouraged to delay non-essential trips during the advisory period and use extreme caution if travel is unavoidable.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
This type of striving 20-something comedy draws the unavoidable comparisons — Insecure for the influencer age, Girls for zillennials, Broad City out west — but I Love LA ultimately adds up to far more than the sum of its lineage.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unavoidable. Accessed 14 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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