All 6 Uses of
inevitable
in
The Tipping Point
- Wilson and Kelling argued that crime is the inevitable result of disorder.
Chpt 4 *inevitable = certain to happen
- *' If you think of what happened on the number two train this way, the shooting begins to feel inevitable.†
Chpt 4
- The old understanding of handling crime epidemics leads inevitably to a preoccupation with defensive measures against crime.†
Chpt 4inevitably = with certainty that it will happen
- "When each person has group-acknowledged responsibility for particular tasks and facts, greater efficiency is inevitable," Wegner says.†
Chpt 5inevitable = certain to happen
- The very same character traits of rebelliousness and impulsivity and risk-taking and indifference to the opinion of others and precocity that made them so compelling to their adolescent peers also make it almost inevitable that they would also be drawn to the ultimate expression of adolescent rebellion, risk-taking, impulsivity, indifference to others, and precocity: the cigarette.†
Chpt 7
- It takes time for most people to get hooked on cigarettes, and just because teens are smoking at fifteen doesn't mean that they will inevitably become addicted.†
Chpt 7inevitably = with certainty that it will happen
Definition:
certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)