Avoidable

//əˈvɔɪdəbl̩// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that can or should be avoided.

    "Though Mrs Golson re-appeared regularly at the Twyborns', she was on my list of avoidables from the night of the corked moustache until she sprang upon us yesterday."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
  2. 2
    Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

    "The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being avoided or warded off wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
evitableannullableannullableavertableavertableavertible

Example

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"The accident was entirely avoidable."

Etymology

From avoid + -able.

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