preventability

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as in improbability

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  1. improbability
  2. unlikelihood
Noun
  • Those ideas are made even more impressive because of the improbability of the struggle, the odds against success.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • So much of Jaeychino’s ethos is informed by the improbability of beating the odds, the sentimentality that comes with that, and the ability to flex on niggas when your tears dry up.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Definition of improbability
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  • The unlikelihood that any comparable Republican opposition would develop to a Dhillon promotion today underscores the GOP’s civil rights transformation.
    — Ronald Brownstein, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
  • His starting point was not optimism about the likelihood of human agreement but a sober recognition of its unlikelihood.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Preventability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventability. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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