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unescapable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Impossible to avoid or escape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inescapable, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inevitable, inexorable, irresistible, natural, necessary, predictable, unavoidable, unforestallable, unescapable, unpreventable

Antonyms: escapable, avoidable, evitable

History

Etymology

From un- + escapable.