Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forgoable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: for-goable
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be forgone.

Example Sentences

"Luxuries, because they can be forgone without harm, may be judged to be a morally more appropriate object of taxation than necessities, which by definition are not forgoable and not dissociable from harm."

Etymology

From forgo + -able.

Derived Forms

unforgoable

Synonyms

dispensable

Antonyms

unforgoable indispensable

Questions

What does forgoable mean?: That can be forgone.
Where does forgoable come from?: From forgo + -able.

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