as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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Recent Examples of unavoidable
Another critic blasted Moore and other AI defenders for treating the technology as unavoidable rather than beneficial.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
More focus, due to the lack of distractions and notifications that are unavoidable while using a computer.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The scattering effect softens details and is simply unavoidable—there's no getting around the laws of physics.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
For tadpoles, ingestion is almost unavoidable.
—Ryan Brennan
may 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
More focus, due to the lack of distractions and notifications that are unavoidable while using a computer.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The scattering effect softens details and is simply unavoidable—there's no getting around the laws of physics.
—Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026
For tadpoles, ingestion is almost unavoidable.
—Ryan Brennan
may 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unavoidable
Adjective
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No worries, these nights are inevitable over the 162-game slog of a regular season, even for 100-win clubs.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
23 May 2026
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That is an inevitable part of the political landscape.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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The proceeds will fund Perpetua's Stibnite Gold project in Idaho, which will also produce antimony, a necessary metal for munitions and semiconductor manufacturing.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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Game 3, if necessary, will be played shortly after Game 2.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 May 2026
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“Unavoidable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unavoidable. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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