Inexorable

adjective

/ɪnˈɛksərəbl/

Impossible to stop, alter, or persuade; relentless and unyielding in advancing or continuing regardless of any effort to resist. Typically applied to processes, trends, or forces that proceed with inevitable, unstoppable momentum.

✍️ Usage in a UPSC answer

The inexorable rise in urban population, driven by agrarian distress and the lure of non-farm wages, has rendered planned, climate-resilient urbanisation not a policy choice but a governance imperative.

Synonyms

relentlessunstoppableinevitableunyieldingimplacableunrelenting

Antonyms

yieldingstoppablelenientmovable

🌱 Word Family

inexorably (adv), inexorability (n), exorable (adj), exorably (adv)

🔡 Root

Latin inexorabilis = unable to be moved by entreaty; in- = not; ex- = out; orare = to pray, beseech

📜 Etymology

Entered English in the 1550s via French inexorable, from Latin inexorabilis, from in- "not" + exorabilis "able to be moved by entreaty", from exorare "to prevail upon" (ex- "out" + orare "to pray to, beseech").

🧠 Memory Hook

Break it down: in- (not) + ex-orare (to plead out / pray). An inexorable force cannot be prayed away — no amount of pleading will halt it.

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