Ineluctable


[in-i-luhk-tuh-buh l] /ˌɪn ɪˈlʌk tə bəl/

adjective
1.
incapable of being evaded; inescapable:
an ineluctable destiny.
Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable.
Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
/ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl/
adjective
1.
(esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
adj.

“not to be escaped by struggling,” 1620s, from Latin ineluctabilis “unavoidable, inevitable,” from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + eluctari “to struggle out of,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + luctari “to struggle” (see reluctance).

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