Preventable

/prɪˈvɛntəbl/

Meaning & Definition

adjective

Able to be prevented or avoided.

Many diseases are preventable through vaccination and healthy lifestyle choices.

Capable of being stopped or hindered from occurring.

The organization focuses on preventable accidents in the workplace.

Describing situations that can be averted through action or intervention.

The report highlighted that most traffic fatalities are preventable with better road safety measures.

From the verb 'prevent' combined with the suffix '-able,' indicating capability.

preventable disease

A disease that can be avoided through intervention.

preventable accident

An accident that could have been avoided with proper precautions.

prevent

To keep something from happening.

intervene

To come between so as to prevent or alter a result.

Catch it before it happens.

That mistake was preventable; we should have double-checked.

Can be dodged.

Those issues are totally preventable if we plan ahead.