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ev·i·ta·ble

 (ĕv′ĭ-tə-bəl)
adj.
Possible to avoid; avoidable.

[Latin ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre, to shun : ex-, ex- + vītāre, to avoid.]
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evitable

(ˈɛvɪtəbəl)
adj
rare able to be avoided
[C16: from Latin ēvītābilis, from ēvītāre, from vītāre to avoid]
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ev•i•ta•ble

(ˈɛv ɪ tə bəl)

adj.
avoidable.
[1495–1505; < Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.evitable - capable of being avoided or warded offevitable - capable of being avoided or warded off
inevitable - incapable of being avoided or prevented; "the inevitable result"
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References in classic literature ?
It was doubtless in consequence of a knowl- edge of this fact, that one great statesman of the south predicted the downfall of slavery by the in- evitable laws of population.
Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness.
Dr Claudia Gastrow, An- gola expert at the University of Johannesburg, argues that while a power struggle is not imminent, its emergence is in- evitable.
The increasing demand of energy causing the evitable increase in use of fossil fuels which is taking part in extreme climate changes and also causing damage to the environment.
?Es evitable el elitismo en las democracias, o es ese el precio que debemos pagar por la existencia de mecanismos de representacion y por la necesidad de tener tecnocratas a cargo de la toma de decisiones colectivas de gran impacto?
Le Tabac est en effet l'une des premieres causes de mortalite evitable (6 millions de morts par an, dont 600.000 pour tabagisme passif).
Kaul, of PwC, said the move to SSOs is evitable because insurance companies and the government have reduced reimbursements to hospitals.
La idea que desarrolla en el libro su autora, Kathleen Thelen -profesora de Ciencia Politica en el Massachussets Institute of Technology-, se basa en que una trayectoria hacia una mayor liberalizacion es solo un resultado posible, donde la inevitabilidad de tomar medidas que vayan en la senda de la desregulacion de sus regimenes de capitalismo de bienestar, esta lejos de ser una historia con final conocido y evitable. Ello porque, como se argumenta en el texto, la adaptacion de esta institucionalidad a los cambios en la economia internacional, no implica el fin de estos, sino que tambien es posible su sobrevivencia e incluso su fortalecimiento.