recoverable

[ ri-kuhv-er-uh-buhl ]

/ rɪˈkʌv ər ə bəl /

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adjective

able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of recoverable

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at recover, -able

re·cov·er·a·bil·i·ty, re·cov·er·a·ble·ness, nounnon·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjectiveun·re·cov·er·a·ble, adjective

Again, there’s no guarantee that those files will be recoverable, but these tools are your best bet for getting your data back.
The easiest ways to recover deleted files|David Nield|February 6, 2022|Popular-Science
On November 5, DARPA announced that Gremlins, its long-in-the-works program to make an air-launched and air-recoverable drone, successfully demonstrated airborne recovery.
Watch a C-130 cargo plane grab a drone out of the sky|Kelsey D. Atherton|November 8, 2021|Popular-Science
There is definitively a post-concussion time period during which children suffer from recoverable cognitive and emotional changes.
Study Says Half of Jailed NYC Teens Have History of Brain Injury|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you don't do continuous maintenance, you may permanently lose some of your recoverable oil.
Why Hugo Chavez Was Bad for Venezuela|Megan McArdle|March 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

For a short time Bonin did put the nose down and the situation was recoverable.
Who’s to Blame for Flight 447?|Clive Irving|July 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In all these cases the money paid in misreliance on the void contract is recoverable.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Not one from his sweetheart, for that would be either recoverable or replaceable with another.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
Where the risk had not attached, money paid by way of premium or otherwise shall be recoverable from the insurer.
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various
It did not begin to flow freely again, at least so far as letters are now recoverable, until after 1878.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James
Perhaps the seizure itself was fatal; perhaps on the other hand the seizure was recoverable but while helpless he drowned.'
To Him That Hath|Leroy Scott