remediable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonremediable adjective
- nonremediably adverb
- remediableness noun
- remediably adverb
- unremediable adjective
Etymology
Origin of remediable
1485–95; (< Middle French ) < Latin remediābilis curable. See remedy, -able
Example Sentences
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It said there had been mistakes at the clinic he led but that they were "easily remediable… and unlikely to be repeated".
From BBC
In finding his "fitness to practise impaired", the tribunal decided to impose the "maximum" suspension of 12 months while acknowledging that his "dishonest conduct is remediable" and ruling "erasure" from the profession "would be disproportionate".
From BBC
The point is that a corporate violation of the spirit of the First Amendment is, in principle, remediable, whereas a government violation of the First Amendment is not – at least not immediately.
From Salon
“We’re seeing the brakes being put on the voting rights expansion at the appellate level in these jurisdictions, in many cases in ways that won’t be remediable before the election.”
From New York Times
I can help them assess what is pathological and remediable.
From New York Times
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