inevitableness

as in inevitability
the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade given the age of her car, she has resigned herself to the inevitableness of its demise in the not-too-distant future

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Noun
  • As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
  • Instead, people recently released from incarceration are more likely to die of a fatal overdose and face a high likelihood of reincarceration.
    Katherine LeMasters, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • At the heart of this evolution is a core tension: leverage versus certainty.
    Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Some might find the introduction of a major conflict — when a different date turns nightmarish for Sophie, causing Lucy to question her certainties about what makes a good match and berate herself for failing to spot red flags — to be a heavy-handed nudge toward a resolution.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Patients begin to navigate risk as a terrain—scores, thresholds, probabilities—calibrating and recalibrating their place within it.
    Siddhartha Mukherjee, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2025
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“Inevitableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inevitableness. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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