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classifiable

American  
[klas-i-fahy-uh-buhl] / klæs ɪˈfaɪ ə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being categorized or classified.


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One internal document from 1973 allegedly says: "Our baby powder contains talc fragments classifiable as fiber. Occasionally sub-trace quantities of tremolite or actinolite are identifiable…"

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

WhatsApp commerce also extends to one-off sales of homemade goods and a wide range of less easily classifiable work.

From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2021

The problem is that “UFO,” a catchall term for anything that’s airborne and not immediately classifiable, is so tightly knit to the idea of extraterrestrials in the popular imagination.

From Slate • May 28, 2019

There are various types, but Ms. Ephron’s syndrome was “not a readily classifiable type,” Dr. Roboz said.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2012

Lore and facts about these animals are dispersed in many books not classifiable under natural history.

From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)

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