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ineluctable

  • /ɪn.ɪˈlʌk.tə.bəl/ UK, US

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

adjective more ineluctable · most ineluctable

  1. Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible. God indeed (if it please him) can by his absolute power over his Creature, make him act this thing, or take that thing, by ineluctable Necessity, and whether he will or no.

    Similar: avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, irresistible, natural, necessary · Opposite: eluctable

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adj impossible to avoid or escape

Españolineludible
Portuguêsinevitável
Françaisinéluctable
Deutschunvermeidbar, unvermeidlich, unabwendbar, unausweichlich, unhintergehbar, unabweisbar
Italianoineluttabile
Русскийнеизбе́жный neizbéžnyj

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"ineluctable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ineluctable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{ineluctable_2026,
  title = {ineluctable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ineluctable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}