Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- That can be prevented or hindered; capable of being prevented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being prevented or hindered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective able to be or fit to be
prevented
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being prevented
Etymologies
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Examples
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
Susan Weissman: What Would You Want If Your Child Had His First Allergic Reaction in School? Susan Weissman 2012
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DOBBS: In just a moment, I'll be talking with former Ambassador Peter Galbraith, an eyewitness to what he called a preventable disaster in Iraq.
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The family of Zolpis read tearful victim impact statements in an Ottawa courtroom on Thursday morning, describing how tortured they felt over what they described as a preventable death.
Thestar.com - Home Page Joanna Smith 2011
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The number one way these diseases are preventable is making the appropriate lifestyle choices.
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For telephony at large, however, lousy audio quality, though easily preventable, is likely to be with us for a long time to come.
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