as in inevitable
impossible to avoid or evade
you will make some mistakes—that is just one of the unescapable realities of this job
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Recent Examples of unescapable
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv’s remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, each bomb and every additional body that lies uncollected on the streets, they’re caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
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Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
Yuras Karmanau, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022
But similarly besieged, blockaded and pounded from afar by Russian troops, Chernihiv's remaining residents are terrified that with each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets, they're caught in the same macabre trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 26 Mar. 2022
Such a scenario bares an unescapable heaviness.
—Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2022
My guilt seemed unescapable.
—NBC News, 9 July 2021
Jed Rawson has reached an unescapable conclusion.
—Abram Brown, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
Its remaining residents are terrified that each blast, bomb and body that lies uncollected on the streets ensnares them in the same trap of unescapable killings and destruction.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2022
Which means Alabamians must look far, far into the future, beyond the pandering of the moment to the inevitable, unescapable, unintended consequences.
—John Archibald | [email protected], al, 3 Nov. 2021
Yet months into a pandemic that’s forcing physical classrooms to remain closed, the unescapable proximity has caused many parents to struggle.
—Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unescapable
Adjective
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When the conditions for change are met, the outcome is inevitable.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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If the predictions that the BBB will spur growth and raise tax revenues do not happen, tax increases may be inevitable.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Of course the private sector can price assets correctly of its own accord, and if riskless securities are necessary for this purpose, the private sector can produce them.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio’s vice mayor, said in an interview that the rules were necessary to impose some order to a sometimes chaotic scene.—
Dado Galdieri,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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