"preventability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: preventabilities [plural]
Etymology: prevent + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prevent|ability}} prevent + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preventability (countable and uncountable, plural preventabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being preventable Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-preventability-en-noun-Fs2npAq2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 62 38
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is preventable Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-preventability-en-noun-lvInGVPa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for preventability meaning in English (1.4kB)

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