Crumpton turned the young man into an asset, and he provided an immense amount of usable information.
I find myself mostly in the realist camp, looking hard at achievable goals and usable power.
The contents of its freezer, which dips to minus-65 degrees Fahrenheit, was usable, but everything else had to be discarded.
After all that steps, 220 pounds of fresh-picked beans will wind up as about 30 pounds of usable product.
And that is a more concrete, usable, specific fact than Rembrandt ever provides.
We then started in the boat, and took Mr. Burton to Barrow, there being no usable jetty at Barton.
The result was that when the saddle of mutton was served, she had no usable knife.
Often only the tip was missing, but, of course, such individuals were not usable in the study of proportions of the tail.
No education is usable which has frills, Mr. Breeze insists.
In fact, the lads were much nearer the complete exhaustion of their supply of usable atmosphere than they really comprehended.
late 14c., from Old French usable (early 14c.), from user (see use). Not a common word before c.1840. Related: Usably.
