inescapable
English
Alternative forms
- inescapeable (nonstandard spelling)
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Adjective
inescapable (comparative more inescapable, superlative most inescapable)
- Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
- Synonyms: inevitable, unescapable
- Antonyms: escapable, evitable
- 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
- The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape.
- 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51:
- 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
- escapability
- escapably
- inescapability
- unescapability
- unescapably
Translations
impossible (unable) to avoid or escape
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