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ineluctableunable to be resisted or avoided; inevitable

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: unable to be resisted or avoided; inevitable

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl/

Korean meaning: 피할 수 없는, 불가피한, 필연적인

Korean pronunciation: 이니**럭**터블

Example Sentences

  • After eating 10 slices of pizza, his ineluctable appointment with the bathroom became urgent.
  • The ineluctable rise of AI technology is transforming every industry.
  • Death and taxes remain the two most ineluctable facts of life.

ineluctable

ADJECTIVE

//ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl//

unable to be resisted or avoided; inevitable

ineluctable concept
💡 Concept

townspeople run desperately along the beach road trying to escape the enormous wave behind them. Their faces show panic as they realize they cannot outrun the wall of water. The massive tsunami wave towers over the buildings, casting a dark shadow over everything below. Water already begins flooding the lower areas of the town as the wave crashes forward. Other residents help each other climb to higher ground, but the wave continues advancing relentlessly. Everyone understands there is no way to stop or avoid what is coming. a situation that is unable to be resisted or avoided and is completely inevitable

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl/

🌳Etymology

Prefixin--
Rootluct
Suffix--able

Origin

From Latin ineluctabilis, meaning 'that cannot be escaped by struggling.' The word literally described something you couldn't wrestle or fight your way out of, like a gladiator trapped in an inescapable situation.

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🎵Rhyme

ductableinstructable
ductable
instructable

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

After eating 10 slices of pizza, his ineluctable appointment with the bathroom became urgent.

The ineluctable rise of AI technology is transforming every industry.

Death and taxes remain the two most ineluctable facts of life.

😄 Fun example

My mother's ineluctable questions about my love life ruin every family dinner.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

inevitableunavoidableinexorableinescapablecertain

Antonyms

avoidablepreventableescapable

Related

destinyfatenecessitycompulsion