losable

[loo-zuh-buhl]

adjective

1. susceptible to becoming lost. lost.

Other Word Forms

• losableness noun
• nonlosable adjective
• unlosable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of losable¹

First recorded in 1605–15; lose + -able

Example Sentences

A prosecution of a defendant who committed tax crimes during a period of drug addiction, and then turned his life around and paid the taxes, would be very losable.

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Bolch: For me, the biggest shocker was that this reformulated-on-the-fly team showed the fortitude to win such a losable game in Corvallis, a place where more veteran USC teams have stumbled in the past.

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We’ve got lots of losable games we play.

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We also should be cautious about the verdict’s impact because most prosecutions of police for excessive force are far more challenging, far more losable than State of Minnesota vs.

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It’s a small and probably easily losable button that you’re meant to mount somewhere discretely to control your lights.

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