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voidable

American  
[voi-duh-buhl] / ˈvɔɪ də bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being nullified or invalidated.

  2. Law. capable of being made or adjudged void.


voidable British  
/ ˈvɔɪdəbəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being voided

  2. capable of being made of no legal effect or made void

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nonvoidable adjective
  • unvoidable adjective
  • voidableness noun

Etymology

Origin of voidable

First recorded in 1475–85; void + -able

Example Sentences

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What about $165 million for three years, fully guaranteed, with the right to retain the franchise tag in the future and with voidable years to lessen the salary cap drain?

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

The extension includes voidable years in 2024 and 2025, which greatly reduced his cap hit for the upcoming season.

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2022

He signed a $25 million, one-year extension with three voidable years last March to free up salary cap space to allow the Buccaneers to return all 22 starters from the Super Bowl championship team.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2022

You have great language throughout the poem I love especially my escape was mundane then voidable I suppose you know a word we'd never use is the opposite unavoidable.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2018

Her contracts are not merely voidable, but absolutely void.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady