- Today's Word
Inexorable
in-EKS-uh-ruh-buhl
Definition
(adjective) Impossible to stop, persuade, or prevent.
Example
The inexorable advance of technology reshaped every industry.
Fun Fact
Inexorable is a favorite in literature and history writing—used to describe forces, people, or progress that cannot be swayed. It originally referred to people who wouldn’t respond to pleading, but now it also captures time, decay, destiny, or power. It’s often used to describe change that is slow but certain, like rising tides or demographic shifts.
(adjective) Weak, fragile, or insubstantial; having little strength, substance, or basis.
Their partnership rested on a tenuous agreement that neither side fully trusted.
From Latin tenuis, meaning “thin” or “slender,” referring to something delicate or stretched out.