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< ineloquent

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in·e·luc·ta·ble

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ADJECTIVE:

Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable: "Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense" (Jack Beatty).

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin inluctbilis : in-, not ; see in-¹ + luctbilis, penetrable (from luctr, to struggle out of : ex-, ex- + luctr, to struggle)

OTHER FORMS:
ine·lucta·bili·ty(Noun), ine·lucta·bly(Adverb)

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