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draftable

American  
[draft-uh-buhl, drahft-] / ˈdræft ə bəl, ˈdrɑft- /

adjective

  1. eligible for military conscription; suitable to be selected or required for military service.

  2. able to be prepared in an initial form or as a draft, often for later refinement; writable.


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The war is a distant drumbeat, its threat ever audible to Steele’s underemployed, eminently draftable characters from 9,000 miles away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

Now nearly every draftable player does some form of combine training.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2022

That weekend, Prescott was little more than a consolation prize, and there were even members of the Cowboys’ front office who didn’t even view Prescott as a draftable player then.

From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2021

Washington put a draftable grade on Patterson — one good enough to be selected, Rivera said — and when the 21-year-old ultimately went undrafted, the team made Patterson a priority.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2021

Thus it may happen that, by reason of bodily or mental infirmity, a father, with a family of helpless children, may be totally dependent upon the exertions of the mother and a draftable son.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various

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