usable
or use·a·ble
[yoo-zuh-buh l]
Origin of usable
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Examples from the Web for usable
Contemporary Examples
After all that steps, 220 pounds of fresh-picked beans will wind up as about 30 pounds of usable product.
This loss of usable myelin results in poor nerve-to-nerve coordination, resulting is a slightly haywire main dashboard.
Crumpton turned the young man into an asset, and he provided an immense amount of usable information.
The contents of its freezer, which dips to minus-65 degrees Fahrenheit, was usable, but everything else had to be discarded.
And that is a more concrete, usable, specific fact than Rembrandt ever provides.
Historical Examples
They would not travel in usable paths, so they were never developed.
The Black Star PassesJohn W Campbell
The result was that when the saddle of mutton was served, she had no usable knife.
A Little Country GirlSusan Coolidge
No education is usable which has frills, Mr. Breeze insists.
The New EducationScott Nearing
His copy was certainly inaccurate in places, but it was usable.
The Son of a ServantAugust Strindberg
If the edge is only slightly uneven it can be bent so that it is usable.
A Little Preserving Book for a Little GirlAmy Waterman
usable
useable
- able to be used
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Word Origin and History for usable
adj.
late 14c., from Old French usable (early 14c.), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840. Related: Usably.
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