How To Use Avoidable In A Sentence

It's unavoidable, understandable, and perfectly forgivable under the circumstances.
In this domain it serves, to use the unavoidable cliche, merely as a rubber stamp.
_They_ were compelled to regard exploitage as a cruel but eternally unavoidable condition of the progress of civilisation; for when they lived it was and it always had been a necessity of civilisation, and they could not justly be expected to anticipate such a fundamental revolution in the conditions of human existence as must necessarily precede the passage from exploitage to economic equity. Freeland A Social Anticipation
If a certain amount of begrudgery is the unavoidable product of such a position of eminence, it is neither fair nor perceptive.
The bunk should not be too wide: one rolls so in rough weather; of course it should not be athwartships, if avoidable. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

This is avoidable and unnecessary suffering. Times, Sunday Times
THE figures for avoidable deaths look shocking, but is it telling the whole story? The Sun
The south ridge of Conival has unavoidable scrambling.
Once upon a time it was a natural and unavoidable element in the relations of every married couple; just as it was natural and unavoidable, once upon a time, that the unwarlike and commercially-minded burghers of a mediæval city should bargain with a neighbouring and predatory baron to keep at bay – for a consideration – other barons no less predatory but a little less neighbouring. Marriage as a Trade
It is the unavoidable and serious consequence of non-submission which lies at the heart of coercion.
Unless you want to write a very long biography indeed, a measure of rapid movement is in most cases unavoidable. The Times Literary Supplement
The problem with a dramatisation based on real events is that a degree of simplification in unavoidable.
If they just follow the majority idea...sure, they might get more support and more money, but we will probably still think we are pure Chinese, and eventual "unification" is unavoidable note even how the term changes, nowadays people use "annexation" instead of unification... Five Commentaries for Wednesday
It was your evil negligence that led to this avoidable tragedy, and… aargh, you can write the rest as well as I can.
Therefore it seems that a showdown and perhaps bloodshed is unavoidable, to be recorded by the international press teams aboard the “Freedom Flotilla.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Gaza Blockade Violence News You May Have Missed
Taken together they are creditworthy, which is why the impending catastrophe was easily avoidable. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
Elsewhere, colonialism and migration are unavoidable themes in a port town of a former empire. Times, Sunday Times
No matter how hard you work to avoid it and much you loathe the idea of forking out hard earned money to pay for it, there are unavoidable times you must invest in something new. Earn More Invest Wisely at The Sun's Financial Diary
Rising bills are a guaranteed vote-loser, but the government is forging ahead with policies that make them unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
Recall the dull front-runner, unloved but unavoidable, who plods ahead to victory in his place.
The feeling at Anfield is that this was a regrettable, avoidable incident rather than a serious one. Times, Sunday Times
'Dr. Johnson has rightly said that the incommodities of a single life are necessary and certain, but those of a conjugal state are avoidable. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel
If we want to reduce the overall number of avoidable deaths, employing more nurses or reducing obesity would be more effective. Times, Sunday Times
There are now fears that war is unavoidable.
Although Vaughan's injury was unavoidable, it is not the first time he has been struck down at Headingley.
Outrage at the monstrosity of his regime is unavoidable.
Firefighters are now warning people to keep combustible materials away from buildings to prevent avoidable damage.
While embarrassing moments are unavoidable and nothing to be ashamed about, dishonest, vicious or sleazy behavior is well within your control.
Managers said the job losses were unavoidable.
The report shows that even in those scenarios, people of color still have less access to standard tests, less access to life-extending high-tech procedures and a higher likelihood of undesirable (and avoidable) treatments (such as amputations). Will the Senate forget to discuss health care AND race?
Coals flashed Marcus a grin, so full of perfectly capped teeth, so taut at the lips, so fleshy at the gum line that for a split second the image of a shark in an expensive wool suit was unavoidable.
But, thanks to the advancements in surgery this has become unavoidable.
Game’s over, but Obama’s too inexperienced a player to realize that checkmate is now unavoidable. The August Rasmussen Public Trust Numbers. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
But a mistake like this, while it's very tragic, really is very avoidable, which is why a lot of these companies make these specific pediatric brands. CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2004
The indispensable nation 's status has been redrawn by the unavoidable burden of debt. Times, Sunday Times
This is just one example of tragic, avoidable deaths in our prisons. Times, Sunday Times
The bank will match cash raised, which will go towards tackling avoidable blindness. The Sun
Some detrimental effects were unavoidable. Why am I Afraid to Grieve
Can it make the transition that party politics has now made unavoidable? Times, Sunday Times
If then you would infer anything against me, your difficulty must not be drawn from the inadequateness of our conceptions of the Divine nature, which is unavoidable on any scheme; but from the denial of Matter, of which there is not one word, directly or indirectly, in what you have now objected. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Once before, for some quite unavoidable delay, the Post-Office authorities had "quarrelled" him (as he expressed it), and this undeserved blame rankled in the old soldier's heart. Stories of the Border Marches
Religious belief is increasingly losing its attraction in the minds of the average people. The further decline of religion in the western world seems unavoidable. France is the most atheistic nation (32%), followed by Germany(20%), great Britain and the United States (13%). In 2010. Dr T.P.Chia
Here the physical presence of the motorway is unavoidable as its superstructure looms over the building, but sail-like uplighters bounce and diffuse light up through the tall volume.
Yet religious pluralism is unavoidable because of the ineffability or complexity of God.
Anyhow, as much as I dearly love my oven-microwave, there are certain unavoidable setbacks. Archive 2005-05-01
Underinflated tyres, however, will cause the avoidable expenditure of untold quantities of sweat, and soft tyres wear out more rapidly. Times, Sunday Times
An affirmative answer often seems unavoidable. The Times Literary Supplement
The fourth day out, I think (we were then working down the east side of the Gulf of Siam, tack for tack, in light winds and smooth water) -- the fourth day, I say, of this miserable juggling with the unavoidable, as we sat at our evening meal, that man, whose slightest movement I dreaded, after putting down the dishes ran up on deck busily. The Secret Sharer
If people are passive, apathetic lumps who can do nothing but swallow whole whatever new widget or gizmo is shoved in front of them, the I supposed a certain social degeneration is unavoidable. Matthew Yglesias » Time Is Not On Our Side
Three people pursue with integrity their different and irreconcilable ideas of the good life, leading to unavoidable disaster.
But these are unavoidable aspects of a comprehensive exposition of any subject.
Fiscal conservatism is an unavoidable necessity rather than a policy choice. Times, Sunday Times
The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
Buddhism is a non-theistic religion that claims that suffering is unavoidable, and that the root of suffering is attachment, greed and desire.
But, for her work studying motor neurone disease, sometimes it is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
Greece is failing through monetary union: Britain will leave if political union becomes unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
The only things that go into my kitchen bin are the sometimes unavoidable plastic wrappings and, guess what, they don't have to be bagged up to throw out!
Some cases were potentially avoidable through simple precautions and lifestyle changes. Times, Sunday Times
It was a calamitous mistake, not least because it was eminently avoidable.
During the public consultation period it said it would need to be satisfied that the increases were unavoidable.
What's more, the obscurity — the perspectival nature — of monadic perception is not simply unavoidable: it is constitutive of individual substances. Club Monad
Once you introduce laws, bylaws, legislation and regulations you are immediately restricting people's freedom, which is unavoidable.
Last time I checked 35000 people a year were killed or seriously injured each year in trouser related accidents (inc. tights), every one of them avoidable. Default Setting - We are sorry « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
It's the product of a stunted, overanalytical mind that demands unfairly that all ancient art, art which is by nature expressive and non-rational, must be reduced to purely non-religious origins and meanings, even when a religious interpretation is wholly unavoidable given a competent understanding of greater context. The myth of the secular
A response based on contemporary legal norms is unavoidable though the debate on cultural relativity and universality continues.
There was obvious and unavoidable difficulty in persuading the bank to lend money on the basis of future contingencies.
This ubiquity of unavoidable helplessness points to the possibility that dependency is not peripheral to the social order, but is somehow central to it.
Strengthening the hand of undemocratic regimes may be unavoidable in the short term.
We know that budgetary constraint is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
There's a small piece of woodland obstructing a full view of it, but the noise of the traffic is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
When you get studies that are definitive, and that show the harm is unavoidable, and show that the harm is actually caused by gay marriage (as opposed to the prohibition against gay marriage, for example, or by the parents being gay regardless of whether they get married), then we can start talking about whether the problem is serious enough for us to want to rule out gay marriage. Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains
Thus the postulation of the Deity is not only permissible, it is unavoidable.
Was the entire conflict a tragic and avoidable error? Times, Sunday Times
The stunning victory has shot Yorkshire up into third place and given them an outside chance of snatching the title but it left Lancashire firmly nailed to the bottom of the table with relegation now looking unavoidable.
There were only two subjects -- Stefansson and a fellow explorer -- and they ate nothing but meat and fat for a year, which translated to 2600 calories a day of a very high fat, very high protein and very low carb (one to two percent from glycogen, unavoidable because it is stored in the livers and muscles of animals) diet. Susan Yager: Why the New Atkins Diet Won't Work Any Better Than the Old One
the breakage was unavoidable
I wrote the story, and then the unavoidable buzz kill of a second-day follow-up story.
Many of these deaths are potentially avoidable. The Sun
We thought long and hard about involving other people, but we thought it was necessary and unavoidable.
This unavoidable approximation is expected to provide good results, since a through-bond coupling between the vicinal protons at a fixed conformation mainly reflects the electronic state.
But the difficulties of arranging the themes in a graduated kinship of moods would have been so great that irrelation was almost unavoidable with efforts so diverse. Late Lyrics and Earlier : with Many Other Verses
All humans are political beasts at some level so political leanings are unavoidable, especially in professional groups that deal with information.
An affirmative answer often seems unavoidable. The Times Literary Supplement
This dismal failure is totally avoidable. The Sun
The "dhimmi" attitude of Tower Hamlets Council over this matter and the similar behaviour of many other Councils and authorities in this Country will accelerate what Dr Rowan Williams described as "unavoidable" - the introduction of Sharia law into the UK. Archive 2008-08-01
F.R.S., late President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Webster argued that the time for regarding English usage and submitting to English authority had already passed, and that a future separation of the American tongue from the English was necessary and unavoidable. Chapter 1. Introductory. 1. The Diverging Streams of English
There are two principal disadvantages to being gay, one social and unnecessary and the other unavoidable.
The marginalization of individual local city is an unavoidable phenomenon in urban development process.
It's a part of life, an inevitable and unavoidable part of life. Christianity Today
It's a part of life, an inevitable and unavoidable part of life. Christianity Today
This was not a Budget of unavoidable cuts and inevitable tax rises. Times, Sunday Times
I hated fighting with her, but the time I couldn't help but feel it was unavoidable.
Religious belief is increasingly losing its attraction in the minds of the average people. The further decline of religion in the western world seems unavoidable. France is the most atheistic nation (32%), followed by Germany(20%), great Britain and the United States (13%). In 2010. Dr T.P.Chia
These deaths were totally avoidable and the investigation will have to find if there were any failings. The Sun
Aaron ... went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering -- Whether it had been enjoined the first time, or was unavoidable from the divisions of the priestly labor not being as yet completely arranged, Aaron, assisted by his sons, appears to have slain the victims with his own hands, as well as gone through all the prescribed ritual at the altar. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Fear becomes the formal complement of an institutional systematization and identification of crimes and avoidable penal sanctions, the constructed affective complement of systematized penality. Article Abstracts
'People spend so much of their time working that it's unavoidable,' says Ms. Taylor, 37, a professional development coordinator at Zoot Enterprises, a Bozeman, Mont., technical-services provider.
During mine development and coal extraction, it is unavoidable to approach and disclose or touch the aquifers (water body). Mine water flood has been one of the biggest hidden troubles of accidents.
Unless you want to write a very long biography indeed, a measure of rapid movement is in most cases unavoidable. The Times Literary Supplement
The long silence about the sinking of Gustlaff and other tragedies of that period - the saturation bombing of cities like Dresden, for example - was perhaps unavoidable.
The courts are not always good at distinguishing between preventable and unavoidable deaths.
The boos and the curses arew foreseeable and unavoidable consequences of the division and negativity McCain chose as his campaign theme. McCain’s Concession - Swampland - TIME.com
As in a Greek amphitheatre, the effect is of considerable height and unavoidable focus. The Times Literary Supplement
In pre-industrial societies philosophers generally asserted that a clear division of labour in political affairs was unavoidable and beneficial.
The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
There are several factors that make such research different from other types of research, and some difficulties and dilemmas are almost unavoidable.
We know that budgetary constraint is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
When he is gone she has dreams of his plane crashing, of an unavoidable jack-knife in the fog of Highway 101, of Ted trying to call her with bloody hands, his legs already mangled by a head on collision. A Wedding
But even this ratio puts the best possible light on the contribution made by employment to the avoidable death toll.
In part this is a corollary of what I have just been suggesting; that certain difficulties and objections, which may previously have seemed peripheral or even factitious, are made to stand out as fundamental and unavoidable.
All modern re-refineries today rely on crucial cleansing processes -- yet, when vegetable-based and animal fat-based products are subjected to these necessary and unavoidable steps, an unwanted chemical reaction known as "saponification" occurs. Joan Brunwasser: A Motor Oil Company That's Both Green and Responsible? Check Out Universal Lubricants
Some level of technicality in the treatment seems unavoidable.
If you meet a fatigued and distressed junior doctor in the next few weeks it is more than likely that much of their duress was entirely avoidable. Times, Sunday Times
The list of avoidable killings not legally construed as murder even in principle could go on and on.
They may not, and some degree of short-term subsidy may prove unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
Religious belief is increasingly losing its attraction in the minds of the average people. The further decline of religion in the western world seems unavoidable. France is the most atheistic nation (32%), followed by Germany(20%), great Britain and the United States (13%). In 2010. Dr T.P.Chia
This is avoidable and unnecessary suffering. Times, Sunday Times
Others die as the result of completely avoidable diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea.
And it is such a cold, unforgiving place that the symbolism of a bombed-out building is unavoidable.
Increasingly, the kinds of memory problems that have long been seen as inevitable with age are now thought to be avoidable - or at least postponable.
The tragedy is that this house price crisis is entirely avoidable. Times, Sunday Times
For international traders, changes in the exchange rate are an unavoidable hazard.
Yet all of it is lost because of one unavoidable fact. Times, Sunday Times
It has to be appreciated that, in a complex industrialised society such as ours, some wastes are unavoidable.
In describing elephants, anthropomorphic terms are unavoidable.
The gym-cum-spa where I currently sweat has a habit of posting Motivational Quotes in unavoidable places - little drumbeats of sagacity, affixed over the water cooler.
And there is no other common cancer so directly attributable to a single, avoidable cause. The Sun
There seems to be an unavoidable degree of trauma to both sites despite the surgeon using an endoscope.
The inference from this characteristic, that he possessed what phrenologists used to call "combativeness," is not unavoidable, though such was the fact. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States
An unavoidable point about Mount Athos, perhaps the chief point, is the way in which, as a place, it operates on you when you are there. A Fossil With Flesh
Now the facts point to the crash being wholly avoidable. The Sun
Promoter reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value in the event that circumstances beyond its control make this unavoidable.
As a large transportation company, energy consuming and pollution discharge in an unavoidable environmental issue.
For one thing, our own mortality and that of our loved ones is an unavoidable fact underlying our lives. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook
Religious belief is increasingly losing its attraction in the minds of the average people. The further decline of religion in the western world seems unavoidable. France is the most atheistic nation (32%), followed by Germany(20%), great Britain and the United States (13%). In 2010. Dr T.P.Chia
I think that avoidable deaths like these could be prevented if people could stop smoking publicly.
The Catholic religion had been compulsory in South Ireland from 1944 until 1980, and the Erse language, although that was largely corrupted by unavoidable English words and locutions, had also been made obligatory. The Shape of Things to Come
The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
YOU Matt, with your fearless devotion to revealed truth, have patiently and unalterably mainlined the notion of an increasingly unavoidable doomsday scenario directly into my brain. Matthew Yglesias » The Beautiful People
A number of illnesses are entirely avoidable.
In addition, there is the Treasury pressure, acute at the moment, to look critically at all avoidable or postponable expenditure (there is a war, of uncertain scope and duration, to be paid for).
Yet the idea that teen angst is unavoidable is pervasive in our culture.
Impatiently she cursed the love of Chynon, greatly blaming his desperate boldnesse, and maintaining, that so violent a tempest could never happen, but onely by the Gods displeasure, who would not permit him to have a wife against their will; and therefore thus punished his proud presumption, not onely in his unavoidable death, but also that her life must perish for company. The Decameron
Approximately 60 %, however, believed that ethical dilemmas are an avoidable consequence of doing business.
Understanding the historicity of Adorno's strictures and imperatives is an unavoidable task for critical theory and aesthetics today.
This is driving a panic not to give anyone any reason to be able to point a finger of blame that the government didn't prevent an avoidable atrocity.
The indispensable nation 's status has been redrawn by the unavoidable burden of debt. Times, Sunday Times
It is inevitable, unavoidable, no matter how furiously they rage against the dying of the light. Times, Sunday Times
The eye gets used to banners with party slogans or commercial images on advertising boards, regarding them simply as a backdrop, like the unavoidable noise of traffic. The Times Literary Supplement
Whether one decides in favor of a federative plan, or for an intergovernmental proceeding, drawing the line between national and local competencies on the one hand versus Union competencies on the other is unavoidable.
Its foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, said talks were underway between EU member states and international partners on new sanctions, which he called "unavoidable". Russia rejects further sanctions of Iran over nuclear programme
It is inevitable, unavoidable, no matter how furiously they rage against the dying of the light. Times, Sunday Times
Yet there are unavoidable pollutants in the air we breathe. Times, Sunday Times
It was, Mr. McLynn avers, an avoidable conflict—and a sad end to a towering career. Man On a Quest
Some boys ended up having great college experiences, but there were avoidable tragedies, including one boy who was housed with a pedophilic coach and became a convicted criminal because of the commercial opportunity his mother found too good to pass up. Michael J. Critelli: The Good, Bad and Ugly About the Commercialization of Amateur Sports
Congestion in the general purpose lanes is avoidable through tolling policy. Extra Fizz: McGinn’s 520 Plan Could Allow Eight Lanes of Traffic « PubliCola
That seems to me an avoidable social tragedy. Times, Sunday Times
Common avoidable problems include overcrowded or illegible slides, irrelevant or badly prepared handouts, and incompatible multimedia equipment.
In many cases, to which, from their circumstantiate nature, neither the written nor the consuetudinary law is directly appli - cable, these are the Responsa Prudentum which supply that un - avoidable deficiency. Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical
This does not make the current model of free movement unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
It is the Claimant's contention that this damage was avoidable and caused by a negligent omission by Mr Roberts.
To suggest that they may be unavoidable is merely to risk being plastered with those labels that we are all terrified of. Writers and Leviathan
This is an unavoidable fact that most homes do not own up to when discussing fees with families. Times, Sunday Times
I hope not, because it is needless, avoidable and a national disgrace that this can happen every year.
The embarrassment and shame over body parts are avoidable, and the sense of freedom in nudity may remain, through the philosophy and practice of naturism. A Garden, Locked | Her Bad Mother
The Colonel s own assessment, made after gaming all the potentialities, is that a strike on Bushehr and associated targets is almost unavoidable.
The apologist for deterrence of this kind assumes a sort of Manichaean view that war is of its nature irrational and apocalyptic, avoidable only by threats of total annihilation.
Instead, third party insurance should be automatic and unavoidable, funded through a fuel surcharge. Times, Sunday Times
There will be an inquest into the slack defending which saw United leak two avoidable goals. The Sun
They viewed such methods as a necessary evil, unavoidable yet somehow beneath their dignity.
Proponents of such a view owe us an apology for three avoidable Tory victories.
It is also entirely avoidable. Times, Sunday Times
These are the unavoidable consequences of a bursting Bubble, not monetary stringency.
The reactive oxygen species are produced as an unavoidable consequence of aerobic metabolism.
Violations are more and more resented in places where previously they had been ignored or seen as unavoidable.
In the end, la forza del destino is unavoidable and parrots die, Mathilde the horse dies, loved ones die and, of course, hundreds of thousands of Paraguayans die, the result of Lopez 'ill-fated fléching. Historical Fiction
While all deaths on the roads are avoidable it seems that your campaign aims to shift the focus and blame away from motorcyclists and onto other road users.
In this domain it serves, to use the unavoidable cliche, merely as a rubber stamp.
There's a small piece of woodland obstructing a full view of it, but the noise of the traffic is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times
The enquiry heard this week that the crash was unavoidable.
But even this ratio puts the best possible light on the contribution made by employment to the avoidable death toll.
That is two too many - and a potentially avoidable tragedy for all involved - but not quite the toll most people would expect. Times, Sunday Times
There were potentially avoidable factors in all the cases.
There are, however, times when prepayment is unavoidable.
an unavoidable accident
In a week which has seen a rise in pension age become unavoidable and medics have tut-tutted the drinking habits of the aged, as if all elderly people were liable to fall off their Zimmer frames after their second scotch, the question of how old is old is no longer academic. 'How old is old – and does it still matter?'
I agree with you for the theoretical position that given our current abilities the optimal number of innocents imprisoned is greater than zero, if it were not, the only permissible course of action would be to abolish imprisonment as criminal penalty, since errors are unavoidable. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Now the “Most Reversed” Circuit?
Therefore, molecular motion must be regarded as unavoidable in vitrified biological materials.
The trust claimed the figures had been misinterpreted and most of the unexpected deaths were'not clinically avoidable'. The Sun
I know that carbon offsetting is not a solution or a free pass to pollute, but I had to do something about my unavoidable emissions. Leilani Münter: My Race to Save the Planet
This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable.
But dishing out unscreened and potentially-lethal blood transfusions to wounded troops on the battlefield is completely avoidable - and utterly unforgivable. The Sun
Fears persist that the collapse of both institutions is unavoidable, leaving a dangerous political vacuum which could be filled by increased violence.
Friday's reform package was therefore an unavoidable consequence of last year's breakdown.
combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable
That makes it at least plausible for a social cognitive premise that views prejudicial or stereotype-laden cognitions as largely unavoidable for most humans.
Fear becomes the formal complement of an institutional systematization and identification of crimes and avoidable penal sanctions, the constructed affective complement of systematized penality. Article Abstracts
Yes, Obama is still Commander in Chief, and yes, the U.S. remains the world's sole superpower, but while foreign policy played nary a role in the midterm elections, the foreign policy fallout from the election drubbing is unavoidable. Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Post Election Foreign Policy Hangover
When she returned with her children into her sitting-room, she said there was still an unavoidable expense to be incurred; that assuredly many mothers would at that season think as she did, -- that the toyman must lose by it; and therefore she gave him fifty Louis to repay him for the cost of his journey, and console him for having sold nothing. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
He might not have been directly to blame for either fiasco but, as the man in charge, his accountability is unavoidable. Times, Sunday Times

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