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inexorable
[ in-ek-ser-uh-buhl ]
adjective
inexorable truth;
inexorable justice.
- not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties:
an inexorable creditor.
Synonyms: pitiless, cruel, merciless, implacable, unrelenting, unbending
inexorable
/ ɪnˈɛksərəbəl /
adjective
- not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion
- relentless
Derived Forms
- inˈexorably, adverb
- inˌexoraˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- in·ex·o·ra·bil·i·ty [in-ek-ser-, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], in·ex·o·ra·ble·ness noun
- in·ex·o·ra·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of inexorable1
Word History and Origins
Origin of inexorable1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Preening, arrogant, vindictive, and inexorable; awash with cash; corrupt; in bed with corporate America and big finance.
There is an inexorable blurring of the line that separates entertainers and athletes.
They are also correct that Tocqueville anticipated the inexorable spread of equality around the globe.
Meanwhile, sea level rise will emerge as a huge, inexorable and massively expensive problem.
But under the circumstances, they seem unable to stop its inexorable metastasis.
But he thought of the inexorable beating of that pulse of life—of life, and the will to live as her philosophy desired.
We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.
But he did not give in without a struggle, and he fought loyally for the absent Dabbler, but the girls were inexorable.
Therefore the inexorable penalty, which evermore follows wrong, as a shadow its substance, was suffered to descend.
Long before they were ended, little Laura, with a determination as inexorable as Brodrick's, had left Brodrick's house.
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