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UNPREVENTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpreventable mean?
• UNPREVENTABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNPREVENTABLE has 1 sense:
1. not preventable
Familiarity information: UNPREVENTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not preventable
Context example:
unpreventable hysteria
Antonym:
preventable (capable of being prevented)
Context examples
Retinitis pigmentosa is an incurable and unpreventable blinding eye disease that affects 1 in 4,000 people.
(Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, National Institutes of Health)
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