forgoable

English

Etymology

forgo +‎ -able

Adjective

forgoable

  1. That can be forgone.
    Synonym: dispensable
    Antonyms: unforgoable, indispensable
    • 1994, Christopher J. Berry, The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation‎, →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.

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