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avoidables

avoidables is the plural of avoidable.

Meaning of avoidable

Noun

avoidable (plural avoidables)

  1. Something that can or should be avoided.
    • Though Mrs Golson re-appeared regularly at the Twyborns', she was on my list of avoidables from the night of the corked moustache until she sprang upon us yesterday.1980, Patrick White, The Twyborn Affair, page 38

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Questions about avoidables

What is avoidables the plural of?
Avoidables is the plural of avoidable.

Words near avoidables in the dictionary

  1. avoid
  2. avoid like the plague
  3. avoidability
  4. avoidable
  5. avoidableness
  6. avoidables
  7. avoidably
  8. avoidance
  9. avoidance speech
  10. avoidances
  11. avoidant

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