Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Liable to be annulled or to become void; voidable.
- Capable of being avoided, shunned, escaped, or prevented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
- adjective Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
- adjective Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being avoided or warded off
Etymologies
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Examples
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President Barack Obama called on Congress to use the Reid bill as a basis to agree on a bipartisan solution to prevent what he called an avoidable crisis early next week.
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President Barack Obama called on Congress to use the Reid bill as a basis to agree on a bipartisan solution to prevent what he called an avoidable crisis early next week.
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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to come up with a bipartisan solution to prevent what he calls an avoidable crisis from occurring on August 2, when the government might be forced into default.
Obama Encourages Bipartisan Solution to Avoid Debt Default 2011
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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to come up with a bipartisan solution to prevent what he calls an avoidable crisis from occurring on August 2, when the government might be forced into default.
Obama Encourages Bipartisan Solution to Avoid Debt Default 2011
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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to come up with a bipartisan solution to prevent what he calls an avoidable crisis from occurring on August 2, when the government might be forced into default.
Obama Encourages Bipartisan Solution to Avoid Debt Default 2011
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So your assessment about that war being avoidable is readily debatable as false.
Think Progress » Katrina Speech: State and Local Officials Blamed, Not Listened To 2005
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Of course, there are dangers in avoidable delay; but four years is very short for so vast and revolutionary a change; in all good faith, it might take six, or eight, or ten; I hope Mr. Khruschev will be elastic about the point, provided real disarmament is being pursued.
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Antrim Times Factory blast was 'avoidable' - 33 mins ago
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"We are disappointed that 3M Corp. failed to get an excellent diagnostic technology into the market through what 3M's own officials describe as avoidable mistakes," Hotten said in an e-mail.
3M's George Buckley Criticizes Obama While Ignoring Good Corporate Governance 2011
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But a mistake like this, while it's very tragic, really is very avoidable, which is why a lot of these companies make these specific pediatric brands.
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