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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: inexorabilis, from exorare 'to persuade'

inexorable

 adjective
     
in‧ex‧o‧ra‧ble formal
an inexorable process cannot be stopped:
the inexorable decline of Britain's manufacturing industry
the seemingly inexorable rise in crime
—inexorably adverb
—inexorability noun [uncountable]
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