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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

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Etymology

Origin of voidable

First recorded in 1475–85; void + -able

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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

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

The team also could tack on voidable years to Daron Payne’s contract to convert part of his fifth-year option into a signing bonus that can be prorated over multiple years.

From Washington Post Mar. 13, 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

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