preventability
- a word derived from prevent.
Example Sentences
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In February, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris announced the setting up of an independent statutory inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh bombing.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2023
He said the LAA had drawn differences between Birmingham and Guildford and found there was "no issue at this stage of preventability, which was an issue in Birmingham".
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022
These three factors, the disaster, the inevitability and the preventability, are all bundled up in the fourth tragedy, the tragedy of the commons.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 4, 2019
This is especially difficult to bear because of its cost to the health care system, preventability and lethality.
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2018
And perhaps the biggest difference of all, he says, is in their preventability.
From Nature ● May 22, 2012