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INEXORABLENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inexorableness mean?
• INEXORABLENESS (noun)
The noun INEXORABLENESS has 1 sense:
1. mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
Familiarity information: INEXORABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
inexorability; inexorableness; relentlessness
Context example:
the relentlessness or their pursuit
Hypernyms ("inexorableness" is a kind of...):
mercilessness; unmercifulness (inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving)
Derivation:
inexorable (impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason)
inexorable (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty)
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