Definitions

inexorable

[in-ek-ser-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛk sər ə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

cruel, pitiless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

implacable inescapable merciless relentless unrelenting

WEAK

adamant adamantine bound bound and determined compulsory dead set on dogged hard harsh hell bent on immobile immovable ineluctable inflexible ironclad like death and taxes locked-in mean business necessary no going back obdurate obstinate remorseless resolute rigid set in stone severe single-minded stubborn unappeasable unbending uncompromising unmovable unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kind merciful nice sympathetic

WEAK

flexible lenient remorseful yielding

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the March 18, 2026, print edition as 'Regime Change Is Inexorable'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

I grew up idolizing Dan—his writing made me want to get into golf journalism—and my bible was his book Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 6, 2020

Inexorable foreboding fills “Threshold of Faith,” by the electronic composer Ben Frost, a master of glacial, amorphous tension.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2017

Inexorable -- only if the media allows itself to be fooled twice.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2010

Inexorable is the decree, “Unto dust thou shalt return.”

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James

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