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inexorable

(ɪneksərəbəl)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
You use inexorable to describe a process which cannot be prevented from continuing or progressing.
[formal]
...the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment.
...his steady, inexorable decline.
Synonyms: unrelenting, relentless, implacable, hard More Synonyms of inexorable
inexorably (ɪneksərəbli) adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Spending on health is growing inexorably.
The crisis is moving inexorably towards war.
Synonyms: relentlessly, inevitably, irresistibly, remorselessly More Synonyms of inexorable

inexorable in British English

(ɪnˈɛksərəbəl)
adjective
1. 
not able to be moved by entreaty or persuasion
2. 
relentless
Derived forms
inexorability (inˌexoraˈbility) or inexorableness (inˈexorableness)
noun
inexorably (inˈexorably)
adverb
Word origin
C16: from Latin inexōrābilis, from in-1 + exōrābilis, from exōrāre to prevail upon, from ōrāre to pray

inexorable in American English

(ˈɪn ɛksərəbəl)
adjective
1. 
that cannot be moved or influenced by persuasion or entreaty; unrelenting
2. 
that cannot be altered, checked, etc.
their inexorable fate
Derived forms
inexorability (inˌexoraˈbility)
noun
inexorably (inˈexorably)
adverb
Word origin
L inexorabilis: see in-2 & exorable

Examples of 'inexorable' in a sentence
inexorable

The alternative is the inexorable decline of a great scientific culture.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Mostly the inexorable march of time and what it does to our bodies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The ageing population and medical advances will put inexorable pressure on the system.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This may have something to do with the inexorable rise of the chess computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The seemingly inexorable march of new world records may be coming to a halt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Oil companies are anxiously watching the seemingly inexorable decline in prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The trio admit to being as astonished as anyone at his inexorable rise.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The inexorable rise of the web has pushed the telly off its pedestal.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Far too many people see this team on an inexorable upward rise.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The inexorable decline of a once great team has been accompanied by the most inept administration in cricket.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An immutable law of business is that any organisation one works for goes into inexorable decline the moment one leaves.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Now, this inexorable process has reached doctors as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This year, there is no escaping the inexorable march of wearable tech.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Its seemingly inexorable rise over the past decade has been synonymous with the city's resurgence.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The inexorable advance of the dress promotes three immense questions: will my brain look small in it?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A process of inexorable decline had set in.
Redwood, John The Global Marketplace (1993)
What is being proposed is merely designed to halt the seemingly inexorable rise of the big hit at the expense of the sport's integrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is the inexorable logic of Lancaster's philosophy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If a woman is to avoid the inexorable slide into invisibility, there are some things she must cease to consider a luxury and embrace as necessity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For some, the inexorable march of years and the pathos of mortality bring an inward, deep resentment.
Christianity Today (2000)
It's a return to the main line, to the inexorable process of destruction we thought we had stopped.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
Any of these points could be part of this pattern of inexorable logic as England march on and retain the Ashes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
During the summer, the Republicans had tried to halt the seemingly inexorable process by which their territory was being whittled away.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge

In other languages
inexorable

British English: inexorable ADJECTIVE
You use inexorable to describe a process which cannot be prevented from continuing or progressing.
...the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment.
  • American English: inexorable
  • Brazilian Portuguese: inexorável
  • Chinese: 不可阻挡的
  • European Spanish: inexorable
  • French: inexorable
  • German: unaufhaltsam
  • Italian: inesorabile
  • Japanese: 歯止めが利かない
  • Korean: 멈출 수 없는
  • European Portuguese: inexorável
  • Latin American Spanish: inexorable

(adjective) 
Definition
unable to be prevented from continuing or progressing
the seemingly inexorable rise in unemployment
Synonyms
unrelenting
in the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism
relentless
He was the most relentless enemy I have ever known.
implacable
the threat of invasion by a ruthless and implacable enemy
hard
His father was a hard man.
severe
This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.
harsh
He said many harsh and unkind things.
cruel
They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.
the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors
adamant
She is adamant that she will not resign.
inescapable
A sense of imminent doom was inescapable.
inflexible
They viewed him as stubborn, inflexible and dogmatic.
merciless
the merciless efficiency of a modern police state
unyielding
his unyielding attitude on this subject
immovable
On one issue, however, she was immovable.
remorseless
the capacity for quick, remorseless violence
pitiless
He saw the pitiless eyes of his enemy.
unbending
her unbending opposition to the old regime
obdurate
The administration have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
ineluctable
unappeasable
Opposites
flexible
,
lenient
,
relenting
,
yielding
,
bending
,
movable

Additional synonyms

in the sense of adamant
Definition
unshakable in determination or purpose
She is adamant that she will not resign.
Synonyms
determined,
firm,
fixed,
stiff,
rigid,
set,
relentless,
stubborn,
uncompromising,
insistent,
resolute,
inflexible,
unrelenting,
inexorable,
unyielding,
intransigent,
immovable,
unbending,
obdurate,
unshakable
in the sense of cruel
Definition
deliberately causing pain without pity
They should spend a long time in jail to reflect on their cruel acts.the persecution of prisoners by cruel captors
Synonyms
brutal,
ruthless,
callous,
sadistic,
inhumane,
hard,
fell (archaic),
severe,
harsh,
savage,
grim,
vicious,
relentless,
murderous,
monstrous,
unnatural,
unkind,
heartless,
atrocious,
inhuman,
merciless,
cold-blooded,
malevolent,
hellish (informal),
depraved,
spiteful,
brutish,
bloodthirsty,
remorseless,
barbarous,
pitiless,
unfeeling,
sanguinary,
hard-hearted,
stony-hearted,
implacable
in the sense of hard
Definition
unkind or unfeeling
His father was a hard man.
Synonyms
harsh,
severe,
strict,
cold,
exacting,
cruel,
grim,
stern,
ruthless,
stubborn,
unjust,
callous,
unkind,
unrelenting,
implacable,
unsympathetic,
pitiless,
unfeeling,
obdurate,
unsparing,
affectless,
hardhearted

Synonyms of 'inexorable'

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