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unavoidable - 4 dictionary results

un⋅a⋅void⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-uh-voi-duh-buhl]
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–adjective
unable to be avoided; inevitable: an unavoidable delay.
Origin:
1570–80; un- 1 + avoidable

Related forms:
un⋅a⋅void⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, un⋅a⋅void⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
un⋅a⋅void⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
inescapable, unpreventable, fated, sure, certain.
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un·a·void·a·ble   (ŭn'ə-voi'də-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to avoid; inevitable. See Synonyms at certain.
un'a·void'a·bil'i·ty, un'a·void'a·ble·ness n., un'a·void'a·bly adv.
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Unavoidable

Un`a*void"a*ble\, a. 1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. --Blackstone.

Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as to require detachment before the child can be born. -- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`a*void"a*bly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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unavoidable 
1577, from un- (1) "not" + avoid + -able.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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