What is the Latin word for unavoidable?

The usual Latin words for “unavoidable” are inēvītābilis, fātum, mors; also necessārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“unavoidable” in Latin

inēvītābilisunavoidable fātumdestiny, fate, lot; death; speech morsdeath; corpse, dead body; annihilation necessāriusunavoidable, inevitable; indispensable, requisite; necessary

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

unavoidable

inevitabilis (post-Augustan); better by circumlocution; e.g., quod evitari non potest: quod evitare or effugere non possumus (that cannot be escaped or shunned; e.g., fatum, mors): necessarius (grounded on a necessity of nature; e.g., death, mors). To be unavoidable, non esse recusandum.

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What is the Latin word for unavoidable?: The usual Latin words for “unavoidable” are inēvītābilis, fātum, mors; also necessārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.