inescapable
/,inis'keipəbl/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Impossible to avoid or escape: Describes a situation, fact, or outcome that is certain to happen or cannot be ignored, regardless of one's efforts.
- Unavoidable; inevitable: Used to emphasize that something is bound to occur or cannot be prevented.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The evidence led to the inescapable conclusion that he was guilty.
- In this digital age, the influence of social media is inescapable.
- She felt an inescapable sense of dread as the deadline approached.
Advanced Usage
- "inescapable logic": A line of reasoning that is so compelling and clear that it cannot be denied or argued against.
- The inescapable logic of the argument convinced even the skeptics.
- "inescapable reality": A truth or fact that must be acknowledged and faced.
- We must all confront the inescapable reality of climate change.
Variants and Related Words
- Inescapably (adverb): In a way that cannot be avoided.
- The two problems are inescapably linked.
- Ineluctable (adjective, formal): Impossible to avoid or escape. (A close synonym, often used in more literary contexts.)
- the ineluctable passage of time
Synonyms
- Unavoidable: Incapable of being avoided or prevented.
- Inevitable: Certain to happen; unavoidable.
- Inexorable: Impossible to stop or prevent. (Often implies a relentless, unstoppable quality.)
Antonyms
- Avoidable: Capable of being avoided or prevented.
- Escapable: Possible to get away from or avoid.
- Evadable: Possible to avoid or escape from, especially through cleverness.
Related Phrases
- An inescapable fact: A truth that must be accepted.
- It is an inescapable fact that all living things must die.
- Inescapable duty: An obligation that one cannot avoid or shirk.
- He viewed caring for his family as an inescapable duty.
Adjective
- impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
- an ineluctable destiny
- an unavoidable accident