adjective
- able to be avoided or prevented
Usage: formal or literary; less common than 'avoidable'
Examples
- The accident was evitable if the driver had been paying attention.
- Many of the project's delays were evitable with better planning.
- She believed that most human suffering is evitable through compassion and foresight.
- The mistake was entirely evitable had we followed the instructions carefully.
- Not all risks are evitable in a competitive business environment.