Preventable

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preventable \Pre*vent"a*ble\, a.
     Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable
     diseases.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  preventable
       adj : capable of being prevented; "conscious of preventable human
             suffering"- A.L.Guerard [ant: {unpreventable}]