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The definition of unavoidable is something that cannot be escaped.

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If a car swerves into your lane with no warning and hits you head-on before you have any time to react, this is an example of when the car crash was unavoidable for you.

See unavoidable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that cannot be avoided; inevitable
that cannot be voided or nullified

Related Forms:

unavoidableness noun
unavoidably adverb

See unavoidable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Impossible to avoid; inevitable. See Synonyms at certain.

Related Forms:

unˌa·voidˌa·bilˈi·ty, unˌa·voidˈa·ble·ness noun

unˌa·voidˈa·bly adverb

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