Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unavoidable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unavoidable
adj : impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an
ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: {ineluctable},
{inescapable}]
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