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Princeton's WordNet
evitable, avoidable, avertible, avertableadjective
capable of being avoided or warded off
Wiktionary
avoidableadjective
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
avoidableadjective
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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 Dictionary
Avoidableadjective
capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable
Avoidableadjective
capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of avoidable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of avoidable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of avoidable in a Sentence
Having some kind of response plan will minimize avoidable delays.
This was a tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error, u.S. forces would never intentionally (strike) a hospital.
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.
Because of House Republican Leadership’s reckless and political actions, hundreds of thousands of Dreamers continue to live in an avoidable and cruel limbo.
After seeing the video, it's clear to me that the incident was avoidable, this was a call that was a mental health issue.
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