Definitions for avoidable
avoid·able

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertableadjective

   capable of being avoided or warded off

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. avoidableadjective

   Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.

2. avoidableadjective

   Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Avoidableadjective

   That which may be avoided, shunned, or escaped.

   Etymology: from avoid.

   Want of exactness in such nice experiments is scarce avoidable. Boyle.

   To take several things for granted, is hardly avoidable to any one, whose task it is to shew the falsehood or improbability of any truth. John Locke.

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1. avoidable

   Avoidable refers to something that can be prevented, evaded or circumvented. It usually describes a situation, event, problem, consequence, cost, or risk that can be completely eliminated or avoided by taking certain actions, precautions, measures, or decisions. It suggests that any potential negative outcomes or impacts are not inevitable or necessary.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Avoidableadjective

   capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable

2. Avoidableadjective

   capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped

How to pronounce avoidable?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say avoidable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of avoidable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of avoidable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of avoidable in a Sentence

1. Yemen Philippe Clerc:

   Otherwise, this ever deepening, man-made and totally avoidable humanitarian crisis will drain the country of the few resources it has and push people to the edge, without urgent action, shortages could kill more people than bullets or bombs.

2. Laura Elizabeth Riley:

   These are things that are treatable but also avoidable.

3. The EWG Lunder:

   This is an avoidable risk. This is a known carcinogen and our risk standard or threshold for exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in( kids') toys should be zero.

4. Rebecca Carlin:

   There’s almost always one – and often multiple – risk factors that are really avoidable with additional societal assistance, being a new parent is hard. And it’s hard to talk about these issues without talking about the supports that we give new parents as a society.

5. Darin Hoover:

   As a father, seeing that and the disrespect, and hearing from his former leaders, one of [Taylor's] master sergeants said … that this was avoidable -- that they left them over there: They had them over there and let them down, and we can't have that.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=avoidable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avoidable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=avoidable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/avoidable