impeachable

[ im-pee-chuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.

  2. liable to be impeached.

Origin of impeachable

1
First recorded in 1495–1505; impeach + -able

Other words from impeachable

  • im·peach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·im·peach·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·im·peach·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby impeachable

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How to use impeachable in a sentence

  • Sending a young woman a lewd photo is not an impeachable offense, but it is monumentally bad judgment.

  • The President of the United States is impeachable at any time during his continuance in office.

    The Federalist Papers | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
  • Treason and bribery, specifically named in the Constitution as impeachable offenses, were also indictable.

  • The managers of the impeachment were far from consistent in their conception of the nature of impeachable offenses.

    Union and Democracy | Allen Johnson
  • And in Delaware and Virginia he is not impeachable till out of office.

    The Federalist Papers | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
  • Let him doubt, if he can, of the impeachable nature of the offence which was charged upon the President.

British Dictionary definitions for impeachable

impeachable

/ (ɪmˈpiːtʃəbəl) /


adjective
  1. capable of being impeached or accused

  2. (of an offence) making a person liable to impeachment

Derived forms of impeachable

  • impeachability, noun

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