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workable

[ wur-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. practicable or feasible:

    He needs a workable schedule.

  2. capable of or suitable for being worked. worked.


workable

/ ˈwɜːkəbəl /

adjective

  1. practicable or feasible
  2. able to be worked


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Derived Forms

  • ˌworkaˈbility, noun

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Other Words From

  • worka·bili·ty worka·ble·ness noun
  • unwork·a·bili·ty noun
  • un·worka·ble adjective noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of workable1

First recorded in 1535–45; work + -able

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Example Sentences

Further, the challenge for CENTCOM is further compounded by the lack of workable intelligence in Syria.

And workable solutions will require honesty—not currently a hallmark of The Gathering.

“For her it really is just a workable, satisfying way to make a living,” Turner writes.

American leaders must try to fashion a new set of workable relationships to cope with this exploding and dangerous Muslim world.

How a workable civilization is less about perfection and more about strict zoning.

Our forest fire laws are proving to be workable and hence practical.

A good illustration is furnished by the attempt to get a workable eight-hour law on government work.

Precautions really workable might be furnished the Associated Press.

Just at this time the syndicate intrusted to me three hundred thousand as a workable margin for certain future investments.

Mr. Clavering has a workable scheme, and it will only need the Sheriff and a few men whom I will choose when I am ready.

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