It was preventable.
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Preventable
Synonyms for "preventable" (5 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 10 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- নিবার্য adj (capable of being prevented)
Bulgarian
1 entries- предотвратим adj (capable of being prevented)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 可避免的 adj (capable of being prevented)
- 可防止的 adj (capable of being prevented)
- 可預防的 /可预防的 adj (capable of being prevented)
- 可預防的 /可预防的 adj (capable of being prevented)
Finnish
1 entries- estettävissä adj (capable of being prevented)
French
2 entries- parable adj (capable of being prevented)
- évitable adj (capable of being prevented)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhárítható adj (capable of being prevented)
- elkerülhető adj (capable of being prevented)
- megakadályozható adj (capable of being prevented)
- megelőzhető adj (capable of being prevented)
Japanese
1 entries- 防げる adj (capable of being prevented)
Polish
1 entries- zapobiegalny adj (capable of being prevented)
Portuguese
2 entries- evitável adj (capable of being prevented)
- prevenível adj (capable of being prevented)
Spanish
1 entries- prevenible adj (capable of being prevented)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom's death was preventable.
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Malaria is a preventable disease.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says progress is being made in reducing deaths from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). But it says much more needs to be done to save the almost 40 million people who die every year from preventable causes.
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