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unavoidable

[uhn-uh-voi-duh-buhl] Origin

un·a·void·a·ble

[uhn-uh-voi-duh-buhl]
adjective
unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.

Origin:
1570–80; un-1 + avoidable

un·a·void·a·bil·i·ty, un·a·void·a·ble·ness, noun
un·a·void·a·bly, adverb


inescapable, unpreventable, fated, sure, certain.

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Unavoidable has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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unavoidable (ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl)
 
adj
1.  unable to be avoided; inevitable
2.  law not capable of being declared null and void
 
unavoida'bility
 
n
 
una'voidableness
 
n
 
una'voidably
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

unavoidable
1577, from un- (1) "not" + avoid + -able.
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