Safety Regulations Glossary

noun the quality of causing harm or damage

• The study aimed to investigate the potential harmfulness of the new medication.
• We need to be aware of the harmfulness of using too much technology.
• Dude, do you even realize the harmfulness of skipping meals like that?
• The harmfulness of gossip can spread like wildfire, causing damage beyond repair.

adjective not able to be prevented or avoided

• The outbreak of the disease was deemed unpreventable by the health authorities.
• Sometimes accidents are just unpreventable no matter how careful you are.
• Dude, that car crash was totally unpreventable, like it came out of nowhere.
• Her heartbreak was like an unpreventable storm, sweeping through her emotions with no warning.