Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unavoidable

/ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: un-avoid-able
IPA: /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

adj

Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.

noun

Something that cannot be avoided.

Example Sentences

"an unavoidable urge"
"A confirmation is allied to a release, being a conveyance of an estate or right in esse whereby a voidable estate is made unavoidable"
"Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English unavoidable, equivalent to un- + avoidable.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unavoidable

Inflected Forms

more unavoidable (comparative) most unavoidable (superlative) unavoidables (plural)

Derived Forms

unavoidability unavoidableness unavoidably

Synonyms

inescapable inevitable ineluctable

Antonyms

avoidable

Rhymes With

avoidable

Questions

How do you pronounce unavoidable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/.
What does unavoidable mean?: Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
Where does unavoidable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce unavoidable

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