Evitable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Evitable is an adjective meaning (uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible.
Meaning
(uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible.
Example Sentences
The tragic consequences were evitable.
A momentary ſhock like this, I ſay, may, for aught we otherwiſe know, ſooner or later, prove our lot, whenever the evitable fate of our impieties will no longer ſuffer the divine juſtice to be patient.
The "disintegration" [of the intellect] of which I speak may be evitable or inevitable, good or bad; to draw its optimistic or pessimistic conclusions is an occupation for prophets and makers of almanacks, of whom I am not one.
[W]e will analyze the imaging performance through the compensated bilayer lens theoretically and explore the effects of loss and retardation in the material parameters on the image quality, which are evitable in realistic metamaterials.
Synonyms for evitable
Depending on context, synonyms include avoidable, escapable, preventable, resistible.
Antonyms for evitable
Common opposites include ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, irresistible, unavoidable, unescapable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include avoidable, avertible, eluctable, eludible, devitable, evadable.
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