inescapable

adjective

in·​es·​cap·​able ˌi-nə-ˈskā-pə-bəl How to pronounce inescapable (audio)
: incapable of being avoided, ignored, or denied : inevitable
inescapably adverb

Examples of inescapable in a Sentence

It's an inescapable truth that these problems have no easy solution. some people believe that your fate is determined at birth and thus inescapable
Recent Examples on the Web In the last ten years of her life, Apfel and her signature saucer spectacles were inescapable. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024 The two years of panic and cocooning for many people, being laid off or doing Zoom meetings at home (without the need to travel), made the airline industry’s woes inescapable once the nation and the economy reawakened. Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Poetically speaking, an albatross is also a metaphor for a great and inescapable moral or emotional burden (could this be why Swift kept putting her Grammy on people's heads?), which could also be read as a reference to Alwyn. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 29 Feb. 2024 Any loud or inescapable sounds can cause hearing loss, stress, and high blood pressure, the magazine said. USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 Since the ’90s, Lopez has been culturally inescapable not for any single skill, but for gliding between acting, music, fashion, and various ceremonial duties. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024 But there are also inescapable transformations in texts that get adapted to new formats and then adapted back again, especially over two decades, and some of those transformations are also culturally necessary, or dependent on other creative factors. Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024 Our inescapable conclusion is that the target of this pitch is being snowed by an acquaintance hoping to climb out of the friend zone for a bout of hanky-panky before moving on. Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024 With each new season, there’s typically one inescapable trend that not only captures our full attention, but our shopping carts, too. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of inescapable was in 1792

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“Inescapable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inescapable. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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inescapable

adjective
in·​es·​cap·​able ˌin-ə-ˈskā-pə-bəl How to pronounce inescapable (audio)
: impossible to escape or avoid
inescapably adverb

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