abusable

English

Etymology

From abuse +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbjuː.zə.bl̩/
(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbju.zə.bl̩/
Audio (US): (file)

Adjective

abusable (comparative more abusable, superlative most abusable)

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

Derived terms

nonabusable

Translations

capable of being abused

Portuguese: abusável

References

^ 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.

Further reading

“abusable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “abusable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.