Words / C2

in-EKS-uh-r-uh-bl/ɪnˈeksərəbl/

Inexorable means nothing will stop it — not argument, not feeling. Writers reach for it when a process grinds on (time, decline, logic, a deadline) and unstoppable sounds too cinematic. In speech it is rather grand; cannot be stopped or bound to happen will do.

Meaning

Impossible to stop or persuade.

Examples

• “Ageing is an inexorable process.”
• “The cuts followed an inexorable logic.”
• “Public anger proved inexorable once the figures appeared.”

Good to know

Often of processes, not people. Everyday: unstoppable.

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