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unpreventable

adjective

Not preventable.

Similar

unforestallable avoidless certain fatal foregone impreventable ineluctable inescapable

Opposite

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Meanings

adjectiveunpreventable (not comparable)

not comparableNot preventable.
Synonyms: unforestallable, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inescapable

noununpreventable (plural unpreventables)

plural unpreventables

Something that cannot be prevented.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot preventable.

Similar

unforestallable avoidless certain fatal foregone impreventable ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable irresistible natural necessary predictable unavoidable unforestallable unescapable

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot preventable

Opposite

Also see

fatal impreventable ineluctable inescapable inevitable inexorable unescapable unforestallable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + preventable.

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Translations

Bengali অনিবার্য

অনিবার্য (onibarjo)not preventable

Polish niezapobiegalny

niezapobiegalnynot preventable

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APA

unpreventable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreventable

MLA

“unpreventable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreventable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpreventable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpreventable.

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