ac·tion·a·ble

[ak-shuh-nuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
2.
liable to a lawsuit.
3.
ready to go or be put into action; ready for use: to retrieve actionable copy from a computer.

Origin:
1585–95; action + -able

ac·tion·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ac·tion·a·bly, adverb
non·ac·tion·a·ble, adjective
non·ac·tion·a·b·ly, adverb
un·ac·tion·a·ble, adjective
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actionable (ˈækʃənəbəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
law affording grounds for legal action
 
'actionably
 
adv

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Example sentences
Consequentially, a lot of scientific knowledge is not actionable for them.
Turning information into actionable knowledge is a social process.
All this falls into the severely goofy range but stops somewhere short of
  actionable.
If it were actionable, there would not be courts enough in the whole world to
  try the causes in.
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