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Definition of "avoidable" []

  • Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. (adjective)
  • Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped. (adjective)

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Use "avoidable" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "So your assessment about that war being avoidable is readily debatable as false."