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administrable

[ad-min-uh-struh-buhl]

ad·min·is·tra·ble

[ad-min-uh-struh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being administered: a bureaucracy so vast that it's no longer administrable.

Origin:
1810–20; administr(ate) + -able

non·ad·min·is·tra·ble, adjective
un·ad·min·is·tra·ble, adjective
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administrable

adjective
capable of being administered or managed 
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