adj. Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable: "Those war plans rested on a belief in the ineluctable superiority of the offense over the defense" (Jack Beatty). [Latin inēluctābilis : in-, not; see IN-1 + ēluctābilis, penetrable (from ēluctārī, to struggle out of : ex-, ex- + luctārī, to struggle).] in′e·luc′ta·bili·ty n. in′e·lucta·bly adv. |
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