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ineluctable.

Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

11 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl/UK, US
  1. Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.

Where this word comes from

From Middle French inéluctable (whence in- + e- and -able), from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.

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