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.

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voidable British  

/ ˈvɔɪdəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being voided

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

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Other Word Forms

• nonvoidable adjective
• unvoidable adjective
• voidableness noun

Etymology

Origin of voidable

First recorded in 1475–85; void + -able

Example Sentences

The reworking of the contract included adding two more voidable years in 2027 and 2028, which pushed Prescott’s salary cap number in 2025 up slightly to $40 million.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024

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

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

He contended that, as the Putney marriage was between persons of legal discretion and consent, there could be no condition that would render it voidable at the election of either.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 by Thompson, Slason