avoidable

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

Adjective

avoidable

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

Synonyms

• (capable of being vacated) annullable, voidable
• (capable of being avoided) evitable; See also Thesaurus:avoidable

Antonyms

• (ALL) inavoidable, unavoidable
• (capable of being vacated) inviolable, unbreakable, unbreachable
• (capable of being avoided) inevitable; See also Thesaurus:inevitable

Translations

• German: vermeidbar
• Italian: evitabile
• Spanish: evitable

Translations

• French: évitable
• German: vermeidbar
• Spanish: evitable

Noun

avoidable (plural avoidables)

1. Something that can or should be avoided.
   • 1980, Patrick White, The Twyborn Affair (page 38)

     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.

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