Definition of AVOIDABLE

avoidable

Plural: avoidables

Adjective

  • capable of being avoided or warded off

Adj

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

Noun

  • Something that can or should be avoided.

Examples

  • The minister confessed that many of the deaths were avoidable.

Origin / Etymology

From avoid + -able.

Scrabble Score: 15

avoidable: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
avoidable: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
avoidable: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

avoidable: valid Words With Friends Word