unavoidable
adjective
un·avoid·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvȯi-də-bəl 
: not avoidable : inevitable
The accident was unavoidable.
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unfortunately, kitchen duty will be unavoidable tonight
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Lilly Milman, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
If driving is unavoidable, travelers should inform someone of their plans and check weather reports regularly.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
The disparity between its 76% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes versus its 30% audience response paints an interesting picture, especially as the film has become an unavoidable point of derision online.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
In contrast, marketing and fraud detection can afford to target many cases that don't pan out — an unavoidable part of the numbers games that those kinds of operations inevitably play.
—Eric Siegel, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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unavoidable
adjective
un·avoid·able
ˌən-ə-ˈvȯid-ə-bəl
: not avoidable : inevitable
the accident was unavoidable
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