workable

[wur-kuh-buhl]

adjective

1. practicable or feasible.

   He needs a workable schedule.

2. capable of or suitable for being worked. worked.

workable

/ ˈwɜːkəbəl /

adjective

1. practicable or feasible

2. able to be worked

Other Word Forms

• workability noun
• workableness noun
• unworkability noun
• unworkable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of workable¹

First recorded in 1535–45; work + -able

Example Sentences

In punting the measure last year, Newsom announced that his administration would convene a working group of AI leaders and experts to develop more workable protections that became the basis for SB 53.

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In such an era, the fact that the American president decided to blather and bluster instead of attempting to offer workable proposals is nothing short of an embarrassment.

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"And obviously we need to make all of the arrangements workable in practice, but the next thing that needs to happen is the necessary legislation to take this forward," he said.

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First to get a workable end to the war in Gaza, followed by a longer term solution in the form of two states - Israeli and Palestinian.

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The pitch from them both amounted to arguing that they are assembling what they see as a careful set of thoughtful, workable, iterative steps forward on asylum policy.

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Related Words

• applicable 
• doable 
• practicable 
• practical 
• useful 
• viable