inescapable
/ˌɪnɪskˈeɪpəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.
Example Sentences
- "The Rugby flyover, too, is now an inescapable feature of the West Coast main line landscape."
- "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."
- "Later, the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN that Ukraine could not join Nato immediately as it was “an inescapable fact” that the treaty’s mutual defence clause would mean allies would be obliged to enter a direct war with Russia."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English escape Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English escapable English inescapable From in- + escapable.