Unavoidable Meaning
/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjImpossible to avoid; bound to happen.
adjNot voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
Sentence Examples
He had to part from her owing to unavoidable circumstances many years ago.
Due to unavoidable circumstances this summer I can't stay in my holiday cottage.
It is unavoidable that the fighting will intensify.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to the heavy storm, flight cancellations were ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The delay was ____ because of the heavy snow, so we had to reschedule the meeting for another day this week today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A confirmation is allied to a release, being a conveyance of an estate or right in esse whereby a voidable estate is made unavoidable"
— 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
"Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least[…]"
— 1825, The London magazine, volume 12, page 490:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Due to the heavy storm, flight cancellations were ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The delay was ____ because of the heavy snow, so we had to reschedule the meeting for another day this week today.