dismiss
verb (used with object)
to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go.
dismissible
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a word derived from
dismiss.
Example Sentences
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If she was, it would make the story dismissible.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
It shows how American bishops sanitized reports of what they knew and all but ensured that warnings would arrive at the Vatican unsubstantiated or dismissible.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2020
But the dates are too often dismissible because they’re easy stereotypes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Designating something as a summertime show can sometimes mark it as dismissible.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2018
In the latter part of the century, more than one-third of the members of Parliament were dismissible at pleasure from public emoluments.
From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Edwin Lawrence Godkin
