shunless
That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.
Adjective
- That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.
- Th' immortal Parcæ, fatal sisters three, / Of mortal men, do sing the shunless fate: / What once Was, what Is now, and what Shall Be, / Their life, their death, their fortune, and their state. - 1597, R[obert] T[ofte],...
- [A]lone he entred / The mortall Gate of th'Citie, which he painted / With ſhunleſſe deſtinie: […] - c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies,...
- [T]he many still would cling / To toil and tears—to life and suffering; / And some, whose anguish might not brook to wait / That shunless doom, plunged headlong to their fate: […] - 1853, J. Read, “[Appendix I.]...
Synonyms: unignorable unshunnable
Origin
From shun + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking, without’), probably popularized by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) by its use in his play Coriolanus (c. 1608–1609): see the quotation.