Definition: 1. That you cannot avoid or prevent. 2. Something that is certain to happen. 3. An unavoidable event. 4. Incapable of being avoided or prevented.
Use 'inevitable' in a sentence:
1. While aging is inevitable, scientists are finding out that certain changes in brain function may not be.
2. This scarcity is inevitable in less developed countries.
3. As in the Changjiang River the waves behind drive on those ahead, so each new generation excels the last one.; Time makes it inevitable that in every profession the rising generation is worthier than the former one.
4. With growing interaction among countries, it is inevitable that they encounter frictions here and there. What is important is that they should resolve differences through dialogue, consultation and peaceful negotiations in the larger interest of the sound growth of their relations.
5. With several families living in a siheyuan, minor squabbles are inevitable.
6. Sigmund Freud, for example, believed that aggressive impulses are inevitable reactions to the frustrations of daily life.
7. It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
8. He points out that the inevitable competition for corn by multiple consumers, including beef and dairy farmers, will drive the price of corn up.
9. Bureaucratic delays are inevitable.
10. It seems almost inevitable that North African economies will still be primarily oriented towards Europe.
11. It is inevitable that most senior students have to choose between pursuing their studies and seeking employment.
12. Our view is that if many people are living for longer, and are healthier for longer, then this will result in an inevitable redesign of work and life.
13. Although Kodak anticipated the inevitable rise of digital photography, its corporateculture was too rooted in the successes of the past for it to make the clean break necessary to fully embrace the future.
14. In the tech-centered world in which we live, it's inevitable, but what if our attempts at maintenance or improvement leave them worse for wear?
15. Barry's speech followed Dirk Bogarde's appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax.
16. Compromise is inevitable in modern marriage.
17. It was inevitable that there would be job losses.
18. The first draft will appear on the page only if you stop avoiding the inevitable and sit, stand up, or lie down to write.
19. Financial crises seem inevitable, alas.
20. Conflict is an inevitable incident in many systems of cooperation.
21. As the century turns, migration, with its inevitable economic and political turmoil, has been called "one of the greatest challenges of the coming century".
22. The inevitable happens: You lose your patience and either scream at your kids or say something that was a bit too harsh and does nobody any good.
23. Producing product with high technology and accessional value is the inevitable choice of any enterprise.
24. It has become an inevitable danger as technology gets more sophisticated.
25. It's an inevitable truth that all of us live a life in the fast lane, even though we know that being busy is not always particularly healthy.
26. My middle-aged friend says I should accept the inevitable fact that let the bones turn brittle, the skin shrivel and sag, the hair grey and thin.
27. If we continue to destroy forests, land desertification will be an inevitable result.
28. The inevitable happened ─ I forgot my passport.
29. Most unions see privatisation as an inevitable prelude to job losses.
30. Diplomats believe that bureaucratic delays are inevitable.
31. Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.
32. It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada inevitable and in California optional.
33. Resisting automation is futile: it is as inevitable as industrialization was before it.
34. Thus aging and death should not be seen as inevitable, particularly as the organism possesses many mechanisms for repair.
35. The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.
36. If the case succeeds, it is inevitable that other trials will follow.
37. "The jellyfish's arrival is inevitable," Professor Shinichi Ue, from Hiroshima University, told the Yomiuri newspaper.
38. Changes in fashion is the inevitable result of the advance of human civilization and is also a mirror of social progress.
39. Turf wars are inevitable when two departments are merged.
40. Traffic was an inevitable element on this street circuit with all the cars closely matched.
41. Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable.
42. A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable mawkish ending.
43. He bowed to the inevitable and announced that he was willing to resume diplomatic relations.
44. Neighbor problems may sometimes seem inevitable, but it's important to resolve them fairly.
45. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.
46. Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.
47. I reject absolutely the notion that privatization of our industry is now inevitable.
48. I reject absolutely the notion that privatisation of our industry is now inevitable.
49. You have to accept the inevitable.
50. Compromise is an inevitable part of life.
51. The chairman expressed the opinion that job losses were inevitable.
52. It was gradually borne in on us that defeat was inevitable.
53. A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable.
