adjective
- able to be prevented or avoided
Usage: also spelled ‘preventable’
Examples
- Many accidents are preventible with proper safety measures.
- The disease is preventible through vaccination.
- Traffic deaths are often preventible tragedies.
- Food poisoning is usually preventible with good hygiene.
- The fire was preventible if the building had working sprinklers.
- Most computer viruses are preventible with updated software.