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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Home Office guidance states that applicants must show set levels of savings to show they can support themselves "without recourse to public funds".

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

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

Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025

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

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

On his own console he dialed for a creative and fresh attitude toward his job, although this he hardly needed; such was his habitual, innate approach without recourse to Penfield artificial brain stimulation.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

without recourse

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