# shunless

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈʃʌnləs/

## Definitions
1. That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shunless