preventably
With possible prevention
In a way that could have been prevented or avoided.
The adverb typically appears in discussions of deaths, injuries, or failures that need not have occurred: Thousands die preventably each year from treatable diseases.
The word carries an implicit accusation—someone or something should have intervened.
Without good reason
- avoidablyIn a preventable manner
- preemptivelyActing to forestall something
- foreseeablyIn an anticipatable way
- predictablyIn an expected manner
Disease prevention injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- checkupRoutine health evaluation
antibiotics · hygiene · quarantine · sterilization · pasteurization · prophylaxis · antidote · flossing
Precaution against harm
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- defenseProtection against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
safety · insurance · security · firewall · antivirus · fortification · guard · shielding
Alert about danger
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- preparednessState of being equipped
planning · anticipation · precaution · awareness · intervention · mitigation · preemption · readiness
unnecessarily
Without good reason
- avoidablyIn a preventable manner
- preemptivelyActing to forestall something
- foreseeablyIn an anticipatable way
vaccine
Disease prevention injection
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- immunizationProtective medical injection
- screeningEvaluative selection process
checkup · antibiotics · hygiene · quarantine · sterilization · pasteurization · prophylaxis · antidote · flossing · sunscreen
safeguard
Precaution against harm
buffer · safety · insurance · security · firewall · antivirus · fortification · guard · shielding · armor
warning
Alert about danger
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
preparedness · planning · anticipation · precaution · awareness · intervention · mitigation · preemption · readiness · circumspection
preventablyinevitably
Sure to happen
unavoidably · inescapably · inexorably · necessarily · ineluctably
- preventable deathsFatalities that intervention could stop