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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

(ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl)
adj
1. unable to be avoided; inevitable
2. (Law) law not capable of being declared null and void
ˌunaˌvoidaˈbility, ˌunaˈvoidableness n
ˌunaˈvoidably adv
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un•a•void•a•ble

(ˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl)

adj.
unable to be avoided; inescapable: an unavoidable delay.
[1570–80]
un`a•void`a•bil′i•ty, un`a•void′a•ble•ness, n.
un`a•void′a•bly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unavoidable - impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"unavoidable - impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"
inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"
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unavoidable

adjective inevitable, inescapable, inexorable, sure, certain, necessary, fated, compulsory, obligatory, bound to happen, ineluctable Managers said the job losses were unavoidable.
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unavoidable

adjective
Bound to happen:
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Translations
nevyhnutelný
uundgåelig
väistämätön
neizbježan
避けられない
불가피한
neizogiben
oundviklig
ที่หลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้
không thể tránh được

unavoidable

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbl] ADJinevitable, ineludible
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unavoidable

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl] adjinévitable
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unavoidable

adjunvermeidlich, unvermeidbar; conclusion, consequencezwangsläufig, unausweichlich
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unavoidable

[ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbl] adjinevitabile
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unavoidable

لا مَنَاصَ مِنْهُ nevyhnutelný uundgåelig unvermeidlich αναπόφευκτος inevitable väistämätön inévitable neizbježan inevitabile 避けられない 불가피한 onvermijdelijk uunngåelig nieunikniony inevitável неизбежный oundviklig ที่หลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้ kaçınılmaz không thể tránh được 不可避免的
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unavoidable

a. inevitable, que no se puede evitar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

unavoidable

adj inevitable
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References in classic literature ?
That was necessary and unavoidable; it was the private intrusions which I resented with all the spleen the sea had left me in exchange for the qualities it had taken away.
The Author is quite aware of the defects of this little story, many of which were unavoidable, as it first appeared serially.
A large whale's case generally yields about five hundred gallons of sperm, though from unavoidable circumstances, considerable of it is spilled, leaks, and dribbles away, or is otherwise irrevocably lost in the ticklish business of securing what you can.
The conclusions deduced from these facts are unavoidable, and in stating them the author has been influenced by no feeling of animosity, either to the individuals themselves, or to that glorious cause which has not always been served by the proceedings of some of its advocates.
She speaks of her with so much tenderness and anxiety, lamenting so bitterly the neglect of her education, which she represents however as wholly unavoidable, that I am forced to recollect how many successive springs her ladyship spent in town, while her daughter was left in Staffordshire to the care of servants, or a governess very little better, to prevent my believing what she says.
It was a journey of fifteen days through part of the country possessed by the Galles, which made it necessary to take troops with us for our security; yet, notwithstanding this precaution, the hazard of the expedition appeared so great, that our friends bid us farewell with tears, and looked upon us as destined to unavoidable destruction.
Practically all of us will weep red tears and sweat bloody sweats as we come to knowledge of the unavoidable cruelty and brutality on which the trained-animal world rests and has its being.
The explanation is simple enough and ought to satisfy you that the misadventure was unavoidable. But do say that you forgive me, Nathalie," he entreated, softening.
Though her late conversation with her daughter-in-law had made her resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was unavoidable, it had not produced the smallest effect on her in that point to which it principally tended.
Be that as it may, for many years yet there will certainly be no relaxation of the eager scrutiny of the Martian disk, and those fiery darts of the sky, the shooting stars, will bring with them as they fall an unavoidable apprehension to all the sons of men.
"It is good for me, bad for another traveler, and for himself it's unavoidable, because he needs money for food; the man said an officer had once given him a thrashing for letting a private traveler have the courier horses.
Hence arose an obvious, and perhaps an unavoidable error; for these critics being men of shallow capacities, very easily mistook mere form for substance.