Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an avoidable manner.
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- adverb In a manner so as to be
avoidable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A November 2010 report from the Health and Human Services inspector general concluded that one in seven Medicare patients is harmed by medical care, nearly half of those avoidably.
Data Spur Changes in VA Care Thomas M. Burton 2011
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I've seen quite a few terrible -- lazy, incompetent, drunk, foolish or otherwise avoidably stupid -- "hunters" in TX, and I retreat and seek cover whenever and wherever I encounter them, or simply leave the area.
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I've seen quite a few terrible -- lazy, incompetent, drunk, foolish or otherwise avoidably stupid -- "hunters" in TX, and I retreat and seek cover whenever and wherever I encounter them, or simply leave the area.
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Up to 24,000 people with diabetes are dying avoidably each year because they do not receive the right healthcare or do not manage their condition properly, a government-commissioned report has revealed.
Diabetes report reveals 24,000 a year die from condition avoidably early 2011
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It means motorists who kill while avoidably distracted could for the first time face prison.
Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Conservatives enjoy fulminating about the nation and tradition but never actually want to risk hurting anyone avoidably.
Cast Out Of Heaven Newmania 2008
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Never before in history will so much crop diversity be lost intentionally and avoidably as the day the bull-dozers roar into Pavlovsk Station.
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Never before in history will so much crop diversity be lost intentionally and avoidably as the day the bull-dozers roar into Pavlovsk.
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Never before in history will so much crop diversity be lost intentionally and avoidably as the day the bull-dozers roar into Pavlovsk.
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Most insomniacs avoidably become, in essence, their own worst enemies, mishandling the malady through habit-forming drugs or seemingly benign but flawed methodology.
The Waking Dead 2009
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