forgoable
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]forgoable
- That can be forgone.
- Synonym: dispensable
- Antonyms: unforgoable, indispensable
- 1994, Christopher J. Berry, The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation[1], →ISBN:
- 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.