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avoidable.

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

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

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

  2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

    The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English avoidable From avoid + -able.

noun/əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

  1. Something that can or should be avoided.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English avoid Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English avoidable From avoid + -able.

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