preventable
IPA: prɪvˈɛntʌbʌɫ
noun
- Something that can be prevented.
adjective
- Capable of being prevented.
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Examples of "preventable" in Sentences
- The School Access to Emergency Act addresses what I call "preventable hindsight."
- The number one way these diseases are preventable is making the appropriate lifestyle choices.
- For telephony at large, however, lousy audio quality, though easily preventable, is likely to be with us for a long time to come.
- DOBBS: In just a moment, I'll be talking with former Ambassador Peter Galbraith, an eyewitness to what he called a preventable disaster in Iraq.
- The family of Zolpis read tearful victim impact statements in an Ottawa courtroom on Thursday morning, describing how tortured they felt over what they described as a preventable death.
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