avoidless C2+ Topic:People & Society US /əˈvɔɪdləs/ UK /əˈvɔɪdləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj that cannot be avoided; inevitable They faced the avoidless consequences of their neglect. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · that cannot be avoided;... unavoidableinevitableinescapableineluctablecertain ↔ Opposites avoidablepreventableescapable Word family Related forms avoidavoidableavoidance Etymology AI details From avoid + -less. Avoid comes from Anglo-French avoider, from Old French esvuidier ('to empty out'), ultimately from Latin vacivus ('empty'). vacivus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown