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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-uh-voi-duh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn əˈvɔɪ də bəl

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Définition of unavoidable

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from un- (1) "not" + avoidable. Related: Unavoidably.
  • adj bound to happen
Example sentences :
  • The sky was still overcast, and the wet bushes were unavoidable.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • What might be unavoidable to one less instructed, would be sin in her!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • By trifling but unavoidable accidents, it was delayed a few hours.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • So he lay for a long time, thinking now of his unavoidable end and now of Pashenka.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • When Mary made no answer, he added, “Your delays have all been unavoidable, my child!”
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • This was a delay of seven, possibly of eight, days, but it was unavoidable.
  • Extract from : « Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. » by Charles James Lever
  • And even there we should have to put up with the unavoidable company of the devil.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • There was that in him which made such an action on Lingard's part appear all but unavoidable.
  • Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was unavoidable: and of course I never tried to avoid him.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • Mr. Holt had left behind him apologies for unavoidable absence.
  • Extract from : « Cruel Barbara Allen » by David Christie Murray

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