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inéluctable

inescapable, inevitable

adjective ee-nay-look-TABL Rare

Origin: Latin 'ineluctabilis' (impossible to struggle free from)

Usage Note

Inéluctable describes something from which there is no escape — fate, death, decline — and carries a fatalistic, often literary weight: la fin inéluctable ('the inescapable end'). It is invariable in gender (same masculine and feminine form); the adverb inéluctablement ('inexorably') is also used in formal prose.

Examples

"Ce changement semble inéluctable."

Natural Translation

This change seems inevitable.

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