avoidless

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈvɔɪdləs/ UK /əˈvɔɪdləs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
that cannot be avoided; inevitable

They faced the avoidless consequences of their neglect.

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Synonyms

1 adj · that cannot be avoided;... unavoidable inevitable inescapable ineluctable certain

Opposites

avoidable preventableescapable

Word family

Related forms avoid avoidable avoidance

Etymology

From avoid + -less. Avoid comes from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier ('to empty out'), ultimately from Latin vacivus ('empty').

vacivus Latin

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# avoidless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** əˈvɔɪdləs
**IPA (UK):** əˈvɔɪdləs

## Meanings
1. that cannot be avoided; inevitable

## Examples
- They faced the avoidless consequences of their neglect.

## Synonyms
- unavoidable
- inevitable
- inescapable
- ineluctable
- certain

## Antonyms
- avoidable
- preventable
- escapable

## Related Forms
- avoid
- avoidable
- avoidance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vacivus

## Etymology
From avoid + -less. Avoid comes from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier ('to empty out'), ultimately from Latin vacivus ('empty').

## AI Etymology
Avoidless is from avoid + -less. Avoid comes from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier ('to empty out'), ultimately from Latin vacivus ('empty'). Important recorded forms include vacivus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers that cannot be avoided; inevitable. The wider family includes related words such as avoid, avoidable, and avoidance.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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