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adj
Not preventable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: unforestallable, avoidless, certain, fatal, foregone, impreventable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, irresistible, natural, necessary, predictable, unavoidable, unescapable, unpreventable
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something that cannot be prevented.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not preventable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: preventable
History
From un- + preventable.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
