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

The service is still in its alpha stage of development, which means parts of it are unfinished and buggy, but it’s already perfectly usable.
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When something is done, it doesn’t mean it’s been done well or that it is even productive or usable.
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Some storage is taken up by the operating system and pre-installed apps that you can’t delete, so you may find, for example, that a model advertised with 8GB of storage only has 5GB actually usable.
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The median forfeiture averaged $1,276 across the 21 states where usable data was obtainable.
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In fact, despite what your internet provider might imply, that 5Mbps connection is perfectly usable for online gaming—after all, online multiplayer has been around for decades, and we played games just fine on dial-up speeds back in the day.
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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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