avoidable

From avoid +‎ -able.

• IPA^(key): /əˈvɔɪdəbl̩/

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avoidable (comparative more avoidable, superlative most avoidable)

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.

   • 2026 February 8, Jeremy Konyndyk, “The Aftermath of Feeding America’s Credibility Into the Woodchipper”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 February 2026:

     Beyond the avoidable deaths that are already visible, something ominous is happening below the surface in crisis zones.

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

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

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.