Meaning

2 senses
  1. Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

    an unavoidable urge

    unausweichlich, unvermeidlich, unvermeidbar

    неизбе́жныйneizbéžnyj, немину́емыйneminújemyj, неотврати́мыйneotvratímyj

    немину́чийnemynúčyj

    impossible to avoid or evade

  2. Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

Examples

40 sentences
  1. I'm afraid it's unavoidable.

    Боюся, це неминуче.

    ruБоюсь, это неизбежно.

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  2. What happened here was unavoidable.

    Те, що сталося тут, було неминуче.

    ruТо, что здесь произошло, было неизбежно.

    deWas hier geschehen ist, war unvermeidbar.

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  3. It was unavoidable.

    Цього було неможливо запобігти.

    ruЭто было неизбежно.

    deDas war unvermeidlich.

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  4. That was unavoidable.

    Це було неминуче.

    ruЭто было неизбежно.

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  5. I assume that it was unavoidable.

    ruЯ полагаю, это было неизбежно.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
impossible to avoid:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
impossible to avoid:

Origin

From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.

From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.

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Forms

more unavoidable, most unavoidable
Comparativemore unavoidable Lesson
Superlativemost unavoidable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
impossible to avoid:inevitableB1inescapable
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
impossible to avoid:avoidable

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unavoidable — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto