Words of the Day

in‧e‧luc‧ta‧ble /ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl◂/ adjective formal  impossible to avoid syn unavoidable

Notice there is no word 'eluctable'!

"not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from French inéluctable (15c.) or directly from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctabilis "that may be escaped from," from eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex "out, out of" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).

Examples:

- The specifics of that chain of instantiations may be relevant to explaining
how the program reached you, but it is irrelevant to why it beat you:
there, the content of the knowledge (in it, and in you) is the whole story.
That story is an explanation that refers ineluctably to abstractions; and
therefore those abstractions exist, and really do affect physical objects
in the way required by the explanation. (Deutsch - Infinity)

- “Ah . . . we could . . .” His eyes flicked up, assessing our surroundings
for possible prospects of seclusion, then down again, ineluctably drawn to
the fan as though it were a magnet. (Gabaldon - Fiery Cross)

- Esterhazy snorted in derision. “Don’t waste your breath on empty threats.”
“Empty?” She smiled pleasantly. “It is a fact of nature as ineluctable as
the very turning of the earth.” (Preston/Child - Cold Vengeance)

- One view, which was dominant even among Democratic-leaning economists in the 1990s, saw rising inequality mainly as a result of ineluctable market forces. (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/books/review/this-fight-is-our-fight-elizabeth-warren.html)