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ineluctable
adjective
[ ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəb(ə)l ]
• unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
• "the ineluctable facts of history"
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin ineluctabilis, from in- ‘not’ + eluctari ‘struggle out’.