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avoidably

ADVERB
unnecessarily
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Jane, which is not her real name and has asked to remain anonymous, worked at the trust as a doctor and said patients have died "avoidably" and "negligently".

From BBC Dec. 2, 2023

“Wolfsburg violated this duty and thus carelessly and avoidably committed the central error by making the illegal sixth substitution.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 16, 2021

But without these standard public health practices, it may never be known how widely the outbreak spread — or who was avoidably harmed.

From Washington Post Oct. 28, 2020

And I’m worried that many people are going to die – many avoidably.

From The Guardian Mar. 15, 2020

We speak of our own dead in low voices; struck down, we say, as though visible death can only occur for cause, by disease or violence, avoidably.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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