workable

[wur-kuh-buh l]

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adjective

practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.

capable of or suitable for being worked.

Origin of workable

First recorded in 1535–45; work + -able

Related formswork·a·bil·i·ty, work·a·ble·ness, nounun·work·a·bil·i·ty, nounun·work·a·ble, adjective, noun

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Related Words for workability

usefulness, expediency, utility, workability

Examples from the Web for workability

Historical Examples of workability

Opinions vary as to the workability of this clause in the shape in which it left the Lords.
Social Transformations of the Victorian Age
T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
Mankind has gone into these experiments hopefully, trustingly, blindly, without any guarantee of their workability.
The Next Step
Scott Nearing

British Dictionary definitions for workability

workable

adjective

practicable or feasible

able to be worked

Derived Formsworkability or workableness, noun

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Word Origin and History for workability

workable

adj.

1540s, from work (v.) + -able. Related: Workably.