unpreventable
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌnprɪˈvɛntəbl/
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inevitable
- Even if you have these unpreventable or uneliminable risk factors.
And, you know, it's I, I, yeah, I hate to say this, but I felt, I feel like his death maybe was unpreventable.
- And, you know, it's I, I, yeah, I hate to say this, but I felt, I feel like his death maybe was unpreventable.
Examples
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However, most miscarriages are unpreventable and caused by factors beyond a person's control.
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The nature of these crashes is that they are completely unpredictable and unpreventable.
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My doctor had tears in his eyes when he explained to me that a massive stroke would be unpreventable.
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Something that's inevitable is, by definition, unpreventable.
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The story is sad and unpreventable, and I do kind of want anyone who abuses a child to rot in prison, but this is the law we're talking about, and truth be told, on a normal day it isn't ever fair or right.
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On the most important issue humanity has ever faced, and with disruptions to our very way of life looming and perhaps now unpreventable, our president and our leaders are not leading.
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So, cronyism and corporate control over the nation are inevitable and unpreventable unless we maintain a Big Interventionist Government and a powerful state that heavily regulates industry through this Big Interventionist Government?
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Most natural disasters are unpreventable, and we must prepare for their impact.
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Some health issues are unpreventable due to genetic factors that cannot be altered.
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The loss of biodiversity in the rainforest is an unpreventable consequence of deforestation.
Synonyms
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4.0
Impossible to prevent from continuing or reaching its goal
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3.8
You cannot stop or prevent it
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5.4
Certain to happen and cannot be avoided
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9.9
Impossible to avoid or escape
Antonyms
How Preventable
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpreventable = preventable (transparent) = un + prevent + able
Productive negation by 'un-' applied to the adjective 'preventable' yields the opposite meaning in a straightforward way.
Etymology
Unpreventable breaks into clear parts: un- meaning 'not', prevent meaning 'to stop something before it happens', and -able meaning 'can be done'. So, unpreventable describes something that 'cannot be stopped before it happens'.