unpreventable

adjective

un·​preventable

"+

: not preventable : unavoidable

an unpreventable accident

unpreventableness

-bəlnə̇s

noun

unpreventably

-blē

-li

adverb

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1601, in the meaning defined above

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