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Thesaurus: unavoidable

Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.

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  1. a. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles.
  2. a. Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
  3. adj. impossible to avoid or evade
  4. 1. Not avoidable; incapable of being shunned or prevented; inevitable; necessary; as, unavoidable troubles. 2. (Law) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone. Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as to require detachment before the child can be born. -- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`a*void"a*bly, adv.
  5. Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone.Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth,or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as torequire detachment before the child can be born.-- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness, n.-- Un`a*void"a*bly, adv.
  6. j:100 s impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"