Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AVOIDABLE

a. 1. That may be avoided, left at a distance, shunned or escaped.
2. That may be vacated; liable to be annulled.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AVOIDABLE

AVOIDABLE A *void "a *ble, a.

 

1. Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

 

2. Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

avoidable

a void a ble |əˈvoidəbəl əˈvɔɪdəbl | ▶adjective able to be avoided or prevented: the accident was entirely avoidable | avoidable costs. DERIVATIVES a void a bly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

avoidable

avoid |able |əˈvɔɪdəbl | ▶adjective able to be avoided or prevented: the accident was entirely avoidable | avoidable costs. DERIVATIVES avoidably adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

avoidable

avoidable adjective an avoidable mishap: preventable, stoppable; needless, unnecessary; escapable. ANTONYMS inescapable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

avoidable

avoidable adjective preventable, stoppable, avertible; escapable; needless, unnecessary. ANTONYMS inescapable, inevitable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

avoidable

a v ó id a ble 形容詞 1 〈事故などが 〉避けられる .2 〘法 〙〈契約などが 〉無効にできる .a v ó id a bly 副詞