IMPROVABLE

improvable

(adjective) susceptible of improvement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

improvable (comparative more improvable, superlative most improvable)

Capable of being improved.

Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.

Synonyms: serviceable, advantageous

Etymology 2

Adjective

improvable (not comparable)

Impossible to prove.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*prov"a*ble, a. Etym: [From Improve.]

1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities. Man is accommodated with moral principles, improvable by the exercise of his faculties. Sir M. Hale. I have a fine spread of improvable lands. Addison.

2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous. The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints to better. Sir T. Browne.

– Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n.

– Im*prov"a*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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