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Definitions for inescapable
ˌɪn əˈskeɪ pə bəlin·escapable

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidableadjective

    impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"

    "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident"

Wiktionary

  1. inescapableadjective

    Not escapable; that cannot be avoided.

ChatGPT

  1. inescapable

    Inescapable refers to something that cannot be avoided, evaded, ignored or escaped. It involves situations, events, or circumstances that are inevitable or unavoidable. It is used to describe something so present or unavoidable that one must acknowledge or deal with it.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inescapableadjective

    not escapable

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inescapable

    in-es-kā′pa-bl, adj. not to be escaped: inevitable.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inescapable in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inescapable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of inescapable in a Sentence

  1. Ursula K. LeGuin:

    Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

  2. Republican Assemblyman Kevin Kiley:

    The conclusion is inescapable that Gavin Newsom is cheating in the recall and this Legislature is his willing accomplice.

  3. Nikki Pagano:

    Before social media, there might have been an unpleasant interaction at school and that’s mostly where it stops, now, that interaction carries over to home and is inescapable. Instead of one person making you feel bad, there may be something posted online and peers may be seeing or even ‘liking’ this post.

  4. David Leffell:

    The scientific facts are inescapable — regular use of sun protection reduces skin cancer and cancer precursors, the benefits of sun protection and the incontrovertible evidence of sunburn and chronic sun exposure as a cause of about 60 % of melanomas should inspire people to continue reasonable sun protection if they fit into the moderate to high risk groups, and even if they don’t.

  5. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

    Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

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Translations for inescapable

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  • nevyhnutelnýCzech
  • uundgåeligDanish
  • unentrinnbar, unumgänglich, unvermeidlich, unausweichlichGerman
  • αναπόφευκτοςGreek
  • inevitableSpanish
  • vääjäämätönFinnish
  • inévitable, inéluctableFrench
  • neuscapailaghManx
  • tidak bisa dihindariIndonesian
  • 避けられないJapanese
  • onontkoombaar, onvermijdelijkDutch
  • неизбывный, неизбежный, неотвратимыйRussian
  • หลบหนีไม่พ้นThai

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