without recourse

ADJECTIVE

inevitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

imminent impending inescapable inexorable irresistible necessary unavoidable undeniable

STRONG

binding doomed pat

WEAK

all locked up assured compulsory decided decreed destined determined fated fateful fixed for certain foreordained in the bag ineluctable ineludible inflexible irrevocable no ifs ands or buts obligatory ordained prescribed settled sure unalterable unpreventable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avoidable distant escapable later

WEAK

doubtful fortuitous preventable uncertain unlikely unsure

Example Sentences

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Of course nominees and winners have opinions about politics, science, social issues, international conflict and those suffering without recourse or voice — that’s why they make movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Best of all, nature does its thing without recourse to leaf blowers, which can release pollutants and damage hearing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Concerns were repeatedly raised about PIP assessors lacking knowledge of specific conditions and decisions being taken without recourse to medical evidence or contacting those involved in a claimant's care.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

That doesn’t mean that shield doctors won’t be without recourse.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

Madison’s more judicious arguments, published as the Virginia Resolutions, were circulating in the national press and achieving the same goal—condemning the Sedition Act but without recourse to nullification.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

without recourse

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