inescapable
inescapable adjective: impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
Adjective
inescapable (comparative more inescapable, superlative most inescapable)
- Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
- The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape.1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130
- Wages absorbed 80% of the total revenue (which was inescapable), and they were rising at almost twice the rate of fares, which were pegged by law.2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51
- Synonyms:
- inevitable, unescapable, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inexorable, irresistible
inescapable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inescapable in Tamil
- தப்ப இயலா, தப்ப இயலாத, தவிர்க்க முடியாத
inescapable in Urdu
- اٹل, لازم, قسمت کا لکھا, شدنی
inescapable in Bengali
- অপরিহার্য, অনিবার্য
inescapable in Malayalam
- inevitable, unavoidable, ineluctable
- ഒഴിവാക്കാനാവാത്ത, ഒഴിവാക്കാനൊക്കാത്ത, രക്ഷപ്പെടാനാവാത്ത, ഒഴിച്ചുകൂടാനാവാത്ത, അനിവാര്യം, അനുപേക്ഷണീയമായ
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- inescapable in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗದ, ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯ
Examples of inescapable in a sentence
- The Frenchification of the shopping district is complete: every shop has been redone in a Haussmannian style and baguettes, wine, and accordion music are inescapable.
- The culture of isolation and chronic internet use brought on by COVID-19 made this moment inescapable.
- In certain pockets of the internet, the -ussification of language is inescapable.
Synonyms of inescapable
- inevitable
- unescapable
- certain
- foregone
- impreventable
- ineluctable
- inexorable
- irresistible
- natural
- necessary
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Antonyms
Forms of inescapable
| comparative | more inescapable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inescapable |
| alternative form | inescapeable |
Origin of inescapable
From in- + escapable.
Words formed from inescapable
Questions about inescapable
- What does inescapable mean?
- Inescapable means impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
- What is inescapable in Tamil?
- Inescapable in Tamil is தப்ப இயலா, தப்ப இயலாத, தவிர்க்க முடியாத. See Inescapable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inescapable?
- Inescapable is an adjective.
Words near inescapable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inescapable (page history and authors); inescapable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inescapable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inescapable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inescapable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inescapable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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