Meaning & use
Preventable
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Able to be stopped from happening; avoidable through timely action.
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Most of these workplace accidents are entirely preventable.
Doctors stressed that the disease is largely preventable with vaccination.
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Frequently used in public health and safety contexts to emphasize that an outcome could have been avoided.
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