preventable

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preventable

adjective more preventable · most preventable · preventible

  1. Capable of being prevented.

noun preventables · preventible

  1. Something that can be prevented. Nonetheless, we should all like to see fewer of these preventables in our ER and more of that money going to help keep these people safe and healthy.

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Closest in meaning: prevention, preventive, avoidable, treatable, curable, unavoidable, predictable, foreseeable, unnecessary, avoided, avertable, avertible, occurable, remediable, occurrable, evitable

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adj capable of being prevented

Españolprevenible
日本語防げる fusegeru
中文可預防的 /可预防的, 可預防的 /可预防的 kě yùfáng de, 可防止的 kě fángzhǐ de, 可避免的 kě bìmiǎn de
Portuguêsprevenível, evitável
Françaisévitable, parable

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@misc{preventable_2026,
  title = {preventable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preventable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}