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   inevitable

   /ɪnˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. certain to happen; unavoidable: "war was inevitable"
   • ▪ so frequently experienced or seen that it is completely predictable: "the inevitable letter from the bank"

   noun

   • 1. a situation that is unavoidable: "by the morning he had accepted the inevitable"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin inevitabilis, from in- ‘not’ + evitabilis ‘avoidable’ (from evitare ‘avoid’).

   Scrabble Points: 15

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