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excludable

[ik-skloo-duh-buhl]

ex·clud·a·ble

[ik-skloo-duh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being excluded.
noun
2.
something that is excluded or exempted.
3.
(in U.S. immigration statutes) an undesirable alien who is not legally eligible to enter the country: Excludables include convicts and drug addicts.

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Excludable is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Also, ex·clud·i·ble.


Origin:
1915–20; exclude + -able

ex·clud·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·ex·clud·a·ble, adjective
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exclude (ɪkˈskluːd)
 
vb
1.  to keep out; prevent from entering
2.  to reject or not consider; leave out
3.  to expel forcibly; eject
4.  to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
 
[C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut]
 
ex'cludable
 
adj
 
ex'cludible
 
adj
 
ex'cluder
 
n

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