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preventable
This term carries a strong connotation of avoidable tragedy or negligence. It is frequently employed in medical, legal, and safety contexts to highlight a failure in protocol or foresight, shifting the focus from the event itself to the lack of action that could have stopped it.
Because it implies a missed opportunity for intervention, the word often appears in critical reports or post-mortem analyses. It suggests a causal link between a specific omission and a negative outcome, making it more accusatory than a neutral term like avoidable.
Meanings
Examples
Many of these hospital infections are entirely preventable.
This whole disaster was preventable if we had just followed the protocol.
Why did this happen? It was completely preventable.
Why did this happen? It was completely preventable.
The report concludes that the crash was preventable.
I can't believe we lost the client over such a preventable error.
Most childhood diseases are now preventable through vaccination.
Most childhood diseases are now preventable through vaccination.
The security breach was preventable with a simple password update.