abusable

abusable

English

Etymology

    From abuse + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.zə.bl̩/
    • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbju.zə.bl̩/
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    Adjective

    abusable (comparative more abusable, superlative most abusable)

    1. Capable of being abused. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]

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    References

    1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abusable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

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