avoidable
Could be prevented
Avoidable describes something that can be prevented or escaped.
An avoidable accident is one that didn't have to happen.
Avoidable costs are expenses that can be eliminated.
The word often carries implicit criticism—calling something avoidable suggests someone should have prevented it: His death was entirely avoidable.
Able to be fled
- eludeSkillfully avoid capture
- evadeEscape by cunning
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
- circumventAvoid by going around
bypass · skirt · avert · dodge · deflect · shun · duck · parry
Capable of being stopped
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
- immunizationProtective medical injection
screening · prophylaxis · seatbelt · helmet · firewall · antivirus · backup · quarantine
Not essential or required
- needlessNot required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- redundantExceeding what's needed
- gratuitousGiven without necessity
unwarranted · dispensable · extraneous · nonessential · optional · unrequired · surplus · unneeded
escapable
Able to be fled
circumvent · bypass · skirt · avert · dodge · deflect · shun · duck · parry · escape
preventable
Capable of being stopped
- precautionPreventive safety measure
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- vaccineDisease prevention injection
immunization · screening · prophylaxis · seatbelt · helmet · firewall · antivirus · backup · quarantine · sterilization
unnecessary
Not essential or required
- needlessNot required
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- redundantExceeding what's needed
gratuitous · unwarranted · dispensable · extraneous · nonessential · optional · unrequired · surplus · unneeded · wasteful
- nonessentialunnecessary, unneeded, nonessential, inessential, dispensable
- outcomesoutcome, win, effect, impact, success
avoidableunavoidable
Impossible to prevent
inescapable · inevitable · unpreventable · unstoppable · ineluctable
avoidablenecessary
Indispensable, cannot omit
inevitable · inviolable · essential · obligatory · mandatory