in·es·cap·a·ble

[in-uh-skey-puh-buhl]
adjective
incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.

Origin:
1785–95; in-3 + escapable

in·es·cap·a·ble·ness, noun
in·es·cap·a·bly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To inescapable
Collins
World English Dictionary
inescapable (ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
incapable of being escaped or avoided
 
ines'capably
 
adv

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Inescapable is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
It's one of the inescapable qualities of being alive.
There's one problem though: small but inescapable variations in the
  manufacturing process inevitably change the resonances.
The river is diseased, and the stench of sewage is inescapable.
For a long time her views on everything seemed inescapable.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT