usable

or use·a·ble

[ yoo-zuh-buhl ]

/ ˈyu zə bəl /

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adjective

available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.

capable of being used: That saw is no longer usable.

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Origin of usable

1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French; see use, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM usable

us·a·bil·i·ty, us·a·ble·ness, nounuse·a·bil·i·ty, use·a·ble·ness, nounus·a·bly, use·a·bly, adverbnon·re·us·a·ble, non·re·use·a·ble, adjective, noun

non·us·a·ble, non·use·a·ble, adjectivere·us·a·bil·i·ty, re·use·a·bil·i·ty, nounre·us·a·ble, re·use·a·ble, adjectivere·us·a·ble·ness, re·use·a·ble·ness, nounun·us·a·ble, un·use·a·ble, adjectiveun·us·a·ble·ness, un·use·a·ble·ness, nounun·us·a·bly, un·use·a·bly, adverb

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How to use usable in a sentence

Instead we have lots of zingy, relevant, usable additions to the Loser Lexicon that refer to Life in General.
Style Conversational Week 1422: Udon want to miss these neologisms|Pat Myers|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
Hanschell says that when Pencil started out, using GPT-3’s predecessor, GPT-2, the ad copy it generated was usable only 60% of the time.
Can A.I. bring back the three-martini lunch?|Jeremy Kahn|February 2, 2021|Fortune
Turning train noise into picturesThe path from train noise to usable imaging involves several steps.
Vibrations from trains could help seismologists peer underground|Rahul Rao|February 1, 2021|Popular-Science
Tiberius takes data from dozens of mismatched sources and turns it into usable information to help state and federal agencies plan distribution.
This is how America gets its vaccines|Cat Ferguson|January 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Games stretch over 75 GB, which quickly eats into the 800-ish usable GB of space you have when you set up the system.
The Xbox Series X offers killer gaming—if your TV can handle it|Stan Horaczek|November 11, 2020|Popular-Science

British Dictionary definitions for usable

usable

useable

/ (ˈjuːzəbəl) /

adjective

able to be used

Derived forms of usable

usability, useability, usableness or useableness, nounusably or useably, adverb

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usable

or use·a·ble

Origin of usable

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British Dictionary definitions for usable

useable

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