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encourageable

encourageable adjective: able to be encouraged; suggestible. Also the misspelling of incorrigible.

Adjective

encourageable (comparative more encourageable, superlative most encourageable)

  1. Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
    • Pray that they may be paid by the captain of the ship or the Treasurer of the Navy the said encourageable allowance of wages as well as others, that they may the more cheerfully serve the King, Parliament, and their country.1887, William Douglas Hamilton, editor, Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I, volume 18, Eyre and Spottiswoode, page 425
    • The ‘trick’ in love-indoctrination was that while maternalism was genetically selfish and therefore genetically encourageable, from an observing mind’s point of view it was selfless behaviour.1988, Jeremy Griffith, Free: The End of the Human Condition, Centre for Humanity’s Adulthood, →ISBN, page 140

Also used as

encourageable is also the misspelling of incorrigible.

Examples of encourageable in a sentence

  • In some cases, as in the Young case, this penal policy would discourage individuals from appropriate and encourageable conduct.2004, Hisham M. Ramadan, Reconstructing Jury Instructions in Homicide Offenses, Rethinking Homicide Law, University Press of America...
  • Teachers are so fun, happy, and encourageable this year.2005, Lisa Scherff (editor), Thirteen Years of School, What Students Really Think, R&L Education, illustrated, page 165

Forms of encourageable

comparativemore encourageable
superlativemost encourageable

Origin of encourageable

From encourage + -able.

Questions about encourageable

What does encourageable mean?
Encourageable means able to be encouraged; suggestible.
How do you use encourageable in a sentence?
In some cases, as in the Young case, this penal policy would discourage individuals from appropriate and encourageable conduct.
What part of speech is encourageable?
Encourageable is an adjective.

Words near encourageable in the dictionary

  1. encounters
  2. encountre
  3. encountres
  4. encountrynge
  5. encourage
  6. encourageable
  7. encouraged
  8. encouragee
  9. encouragees
  10. encouragement
  11. encouragements

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