Tuesday word: Ineluctable

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Tuesday, Jun. 27, 2023

Ineluctable (adjective)
in·e·luc·ta·ble [in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl]

adjective
1. Incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.

OTHER WORDS FROM INELUCTABLE
in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
in·e·luc·ta·bly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO INELUCTABLE
inescapable, inevitable, unavoidable

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OTHER WORDS FOR INELUCTABLE
inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable, certain, sure, fated

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ineluctabilis, equivalent to in- negative and privative prefix + elucta(ri) “to force a way out or over, surmount” (from e- verbal prefix + luctari “to wrestle”) + -bilis adjective suffix; see e-, in-, -ble

HOW TO USE INELUCTABLE IN A SENTENCE
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House.
HOW BAD DOES THE GOP NEED CHRIS CHRISTIE? REALLY BAD. | MICHAEL TOMASKY | JANUARY 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

He felt that in the face of every obstacle he was still the instrument of an ineluctable and incorruptible Justice.
THE SHADOW | ARTHUR STRINGER

Others he seldom felt called upon to judge, but if the instance were ineluctable, he was prone to an amiable generosity.
THE CLARION | SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS

I am so bad that I am fleeing in a day or two—as I hope you will have been doing if your ineluctable fate doesn't spare you.
THE LETTERS OF HENRY JAMES (VOLUME I) | HENRY JAMES

Nature herself is maya; natural science must perforce deal with her ineluctable quiddity.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI | PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA