shunless

English

Etymology

shun +‎ -less

Adjective

shunless (comparative more shunless, superlative most shunless)

  1. (literary) That which cannot be shunned; something not to be avoided; unavoidable or inevitable.
    c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
    • […] alone he entred / The Mortall Gate of th'Citie, which he painted / With ſhunleſſe deſtinie :

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