salvageable

[sal-vij-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. able to be saved from ruin or failure; recoverable or redeemable.

   They're going to have to confront their hurt feelings and their long history, and figure out whether their relationship is salvageable.

Other Word Forms

• nonsalvageable adjective
• salvageability noun
• unsalvageable adjective
• unsalvageably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of salvageable¹

salvage ( def. ) + -able ( def. )

Example Sentences

And the excavator operator took the time to sift through the rubble with the two in search for anything salvageable.

From Los Angeles Times

His refrigerator fell on the floor, and belongings were not salvageable, except a box holding childhood photos and his baby blanket.

From BBC

A good visual cue for a salvageable tree is the growth of new bark beneath its burned outer layer, said Mellinger.

From Los Angeles Times

A whistleblower has told Panorama there was a "pattern" of "pigeonholing" small businesses as "distressed" when they were "salvageable".

From BBC

The upcoming rain, for many evacuees, has only heightened their desire to search their ruined homes for anything salvageable before it can be damaged by water.

From Los Angeles Times