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.
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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
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It means motorists who kill while avoidably distracted could for the first time face prison.
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Conservatives enjoy fulminating about the nation and tradition but never actually want to risk hurting anyone avoidably.
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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.
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