"inexorable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Catalan]

IPA: [in.əɡ.zuˈɾab.blə] [Central], [in.əɡ.zoˈɾab.blə] [Balearic], [in.eɡ.zoˈɾa.ble] [Valencian] Forms: inexorables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inexorābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ca|la|inexorābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin inexorābilis, {{bor+|ca|la|inexorābilis}} Borrowed from Latin inexorābilis Head templates: {{ca-adj}} inexorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)
  1. inexorable Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: inexorablement
    Sense id: en-inexorable-ca-adj-kOiQX0lR Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈɛksɔɹəbəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈɛksɹəb(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈnɛksɚəb(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-inexorable.ogg [Australia] Forms: more inexorable [comparative], most inexorable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inexorable}} Middle French inexorable, {{der|en|la|inexōrābilis||relentless, inexorable}} Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”), {{m|la|in-|pos=prefix meaning ‘not’}} in- (prefix meaning ‘not’), {{m|la|exōrābilis||that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable}} exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”), {{m|la|exōrābilis|Exōrābilis}} Exōrābilis, {{m|la|exōrāre}} exōrāre, {{m|la|exōrō||to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead}} exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), {{m|la|ex-|pos=prefix meaning ‘out of’}} ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’), {{m|la|ōrō||to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate}} ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), {{m|la|ōs||mouth}} ōs (“mouth”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₃éh₁os||mouth}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”), {{m|la|-bilis|pos=suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon}} -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon) Head templates: {{en-adj}} inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)
  1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable, inevitable Translations (impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable): ἀπλάνητος (aplánētos) (Ancient Greek), অনিবার্য (onibarjo) (Bengali), inexorable (Catalan), ubønhørlig (Danish), onvermijdelijk (Dutch), vääjäämätön (Finnish), inexorable (French), unvermeidlich (German), unvermeidbar (German), αδυσώπητος (adysópitos) (Greek), αμείλικτος (ameíliktos) (Greek), elkerülhetetlen (Hungarian), inesorabile (Italian), 멈출 수 없는 (meomchul su eomneun) (Korean), inexōrābilis (Latin), незапирлив (nezapirliv) (Macedonian), nieubłagany (Polish), inexorável (Portuguese), inevitável (Portuguese), inevitabil (Romanian), неотвратимый (neotvratimyj) (Russian), inexorable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inexorable-en-adj-WPQwuTmh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 53 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 51 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 43 48 8 Disambiguation of 'impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable': 88 11 1
  2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. Translations (unable to be persuaded — see also relentless): неумолим (neumolim) (Bulgarian), inexorable (Catalan), ubønhørlig (Danish), onverbiddelijk (Dutch), miskunnarleysur (Faroese), eirindaleysur (Faroese), heltymätön (Finnish), järkähtämätön (Finnish), unerbittlich (German), erbarmungslos (German), kérlelhetetlen (Hungarian), hajthatatlan (Hungarian), неумолив (neumoliv) (Macedonian), непопустлив (nepopustliv) (Macedonian), neuaghinagh (Manx), ubønnhørlig (Norwegian), nieugięty (Polish), inexorável (Portuguese), inflexível (Portuguese), implacável (Portuguese), inexorabil (Romanian), неумолимый (neumolimyj) (Russian), непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) (Russian), neumoljiv (Serbo-Croatian), neumitan (Serbo-Croatian), inexorable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inexorable-en-adj-~snO8yiF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 53 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 51 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 43 48 8 Disambiguation of 'unable to be persuaded — see also relentless': 20 77 2
  3. Adamant; severe. Translations (adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe): järkkymätön (Finnish), järkähtämätön (Finnish), unnachgiebig (German), unerbittlich (German), rendíthetetlen (Hungarian), eltántoríthatatlan (Hungarian), tántoríthatatlan (Hungarian), inexorabil (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-inexorable-en-adj-2arMxNLM Disambiguation of 'adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe': 9 9 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inexorability, inexorableness, inexorably Related terms: exorability, exorable, exorableness

Adjective [French]

IPA: /i.nɛɡ.zɔ.ʁabl/ Forms: inexorables [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inexōrābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|inexōrābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin inexōrābilis, {{bor+|fr|la|inexōrābilis}} Borrowed from Latin inexōrābilis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} inexorable (plural inexorables)
  1. inexorable Synonyms: inéluctable Derived forms: inexorabilité, inexorablement
    Sense id: en-inexorable-fr-adj-kOiQX0lR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Spanish]

IPA: /ineɡsoˈɾable/, [i.neɣ̞.soˈɾa.β̞le] Forms: inexorables [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -able Etymology: Borrowed from Latin inexōrābilis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|inexōrābilis|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin inexōrābilis, {{bor+|es|la|inexōrābilis}} Borrowed from Latin inexōrābilis Head templates: {{es-adj}} inexorable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)
  1. inexorable Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: inexorablemente Related terms: inexorabilidad
    Sense id: en-inexorable-es-adj-kOiQX0lR Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1592, Thomas Nashe, Pierce Penniless",
          "text": "[…] but inexorable yron detaines him in the dungeon of the night, fo that (pure creature) hee can neither traffique with the mercers and tailers as he was wont, nor dominere in tavernes as hee ought.",
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          "ref": "1615, Pierre Charron, Of Wisdome: Three Bookes, page 356",
          "text": "What greater follie can there be, than for a man to torment himselfe for nothing, and that willingly and of purpose, to pray and importune him, whom he knowes to be inexorable; to knocke at that dore that cannot be opened?",
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          "ref": "1793, “[Appendix to the Tenth Volume of the Monthly Review Enlarged.] Art. XXII. Strictures upon the Discipline of the University of Cambridge, Addressed to the Senate. 8vo. pp. 53. 1s. 6d. Shepperson and Reynolds. 1792.”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume X, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 568, column 1",
          "text": "[W]e ſhould no longer behold the ſad ſpectacle of ſo many miſerable captives of our ſpecies ſtretching forth their hands, and bending at the cloſe of their exiſtence, under the tyranny of imperious and inexorable habits, which gird them and carry them whither they would not.",
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          "ref": "2003 November 15, Norman Abjorensen, “The Dog Fence: By James Woodford: Text, 260pp, $30 [book review]”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2019-01-31",
          "text": "It is more than the story of the fence and those who maintain it. It is a journey not just into the inland and along the length of the fence; it is a journey into the Australian psyche, reminding us of the inexorable struggle against the implacable wilderness, of the thin line that separates the tamed from the untamed, and the unnamed menace that broods just beyond the last suburbs.",
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          "ref": "2004 September 20, Paul Rubens, “Thanks for Memory (but I Need More)”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2018-07-20",
          "text": "How quaint … an MP3 player that will store your entire record collection. The inexorable demand for more memory means we will soon be storing thousands of feature films in our pockets, and that's just for starters.",
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          "ref": "2018 October 8, Anne Perkins, “A Dad’s Army-style Brexit looms. ‘Don’t panic!’: Sentimental versions of our island story are a handicap when it comes to deciding Britain’s future”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-30",
          "text": "No one, today, can miss the inexorable unfolding across the headlines and social media timelines of a transformed relationship between Britain and Europe.",
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          "ref": "2023 August 23, Philip Haigh, “Opportunities for train builders... and for further unrest”, in RAIL, number 990, page 51",
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          "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
          "word": "inesorabile"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "meomchul su eomneun",
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          "word": "멈출 수 없는"
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          "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
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          "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
          "word": "inevitabil"
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          "roman": "neotvratimyj",
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          "text": "You ſay, there is no Nation, except our own, where there is any Distinction made, betwixt Manſlaughter and Murder; and that the Edict against Duelling in France, is of all others the moſt inexorable. I muſt beg Leave to differ with you in both theſe Points; the Edict againſt Duelling is no more inexorable than any other Edict, but I believe it to be more juſt, becauſe founded upon the Law of God, […]",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).",
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          "ref": "1592, Thomas Nashe, Pierce Penniless",
          "text": "[…] but inexorable yron detaines him in the dungeon of the night, fo that (pure creature) hee can neither traffique with the mercers and tailers as he was wont, nor dominere in tavernes as hee ought.",
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          "ref": "1615, Pierre Charron, Of Wisdome: Three Bookes, page 356",
          "text": "What greater follie can there be, than for a man to torment himselfe for nothing, and that willingly and of purpose, to pray and importune him, whom he knowes to be inexorable; to knocke at that dore that cannot be opened?",
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          "ref": "1793, “[Appendix to the Tenth Volume of the Monthly Review Enlarged.] Art. XXII. Strictures upon the Discipline of the University of Cambridge, Addressed to the Senate. 8vo. pp. 53. 1s. 6d. Shepperson and Reynolds. 1792.”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume X, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], →OCLC, page 568, column 1",
          "text": "[W]e ſhould no longer behold the ſad ſpectacle of ſo many miſerable captives of our ſpecies ſtretching forth their hands, and bending at the cloſe of their exiſtence, under the tyranny of imperious and inexorable habits, which gird them and carry them whither they would not.",
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          "ref": "1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 22–23",
          "text": "What was my knowledge? it only served to show its own vanity; what was my power, when its exercise only served to work out the decrees of an inexorable necessity? I had parted myself from my kind, but I had not acquired the nature of a spirit. I had lost of humanity but its illusions, and they alone are what render it supportable.",
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        {
          "ref": "2003 November 15, Norman Abjorensen, “The Dog Fence: By James Woodford: Text, 260pp, $30 [book review]”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2019-01-31",
          "text": "It is more than the story of the fence and those who maintain it. It is a journey not just into the inland and along the length of the fence; it is a journey into the Australian psyche, reminding us of the inexorable struggle against the implacable wilderness, of the thin line that separates the tamed from the untamed, and the unnamed menace that broods just beyond the last suburbs.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 September 20, Paul Rubens, “Thanks for Memory (but I Need More)”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 2018-07-20",
          "text": "How quaint … an MP3 player that will store your entire record collection. The inexorable demand for more memory means we will soon be storing thousands of feature films in our pockets, and that's just for starters.",
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          "ref": "2018 October 8, Anne Perkins, “A Dad’s Army-style Brexit looms. ‘Don’t panic!’: Sentimental versions of our island story are a handicap when it comes to deciding Britain’s future”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-30",
          "text": "No one, today, can miss the inexorable unfolding across the headlines and social media timelines of a transformed relationship between Britain and Europe.",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 August 23, Philip Haigh, “Opportunities for train builders... and for further unrest”, in RAIL, number 990, page 51",
          "text": "I fear the future may hold another bitter industrial dispute, but there's an inexorable (but unwelcome) logic to the argument that level boarding [between platform and train] removes another role from guard's duties.",
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          "ref": "1631, William Twisse, “How God of a Most Lovinge Father Becomes a Severe and Inexorable Judge”, in A Discovery of D. Iacksons Vanitie. […], [Amsterdam]: [Printed by the successors of Giles Thorp, and at London by W. Jones], →OCLC, page 660",
          "text": "But to ſhew how God of a moſt loving Father becomes a ſevere and inexorable judge, without any change, this alone is to the purpoſe. For the very māner of propoſing it doth imply the ceaſing to be a loving Father which he was, but becomes a ſevere & inexorable judge, which he was not.",
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          "ref": "1735 December, “Fog’s Journal, Dec. 13. Nº 371. To the Renown’d Squire Walsingham.”, in The London Magazine: Or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer, volume VIII (New Series), London: Printed by C[harles] Ackers, […]; for T[homas] Cox, […]; J[ohn] Clarke, […]; and T[homas] Astley, […], →OCLC, page 668, column 1",
          "text": "You ſay, there is no Nation, except our own, where there is any Distinction made, betwixt Manſlaughter and Murder; and that the Edict against Duelling in France, is of all others the moſt inexorable. I muſt beg Leave to differ with you in both theſe Points; the Edict againſt Duelling is no more inexorable than any other Edict, but I believe it to be more juſt, becauſe founded upon the Law of God, […]",
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "onibarjo",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "অনিবার্য"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inexorable"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "ubønhørlig"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "onvermijdelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "vääjäämätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inexorable"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "unvermeidlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "unvermeidbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adysópitos",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "αδυσώπητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ameíliktos",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "αμείλικτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aplánētos",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "ἀπλάνητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "elkerülhetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inesorabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "meomchul su eomneun",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "멈출 수 없는"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inexōrābilis"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nezapirliv",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "незапирлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "nieubłagany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inexorável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inevitável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inevitabil"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neotvratimyj",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "неотвратимый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "impossible to prevent or stop — see also inevitable",
      "word": "inexorable"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neumolim",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "неумолим"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "inexorable"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "ubønhørlig"
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "onverbiddelijk"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "miskunnarleysur"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "eirindaleysur"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "heltymätön"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "järkähtämätön"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "unerbittlich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "erbarmungslos"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "kérlelhetetlen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "hajthatatlan"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "neumoliv",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "неумолив"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "nepopustliv",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "непопустлив"
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      "code": "gv",
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "neuaghinagh"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "ubønnhørlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "nieugięty"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "inexorável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "inflexível"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "implacável"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "inexorabil"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neumolimyj",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "неумолимый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepreklónnyj",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "непрекло́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "neumoljiv"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "neumitan"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "unable to be persuaded — see also relentless",
      "word": "inexorable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "järkkymätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "järkähtämätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "unnachgiebig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "unerbittlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "rendíthetetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "eltántoríthatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "tántoríthatatlan"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "adamant; severe — see also adamant, severe",
      "word": "inexorabil"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ineɡsoˈɾable/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[i.neɣ̞.soˈɾa.β̞le]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-able"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inexorable"
}

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