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failable

failable adjective: capable of failing or becoming exhausted.

Adjective

failable (comparative more failable, superlative most failable)

  1. Capable of failing or becoming exhausted.
    • He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?1682, John Flavel, Preparations for Sufferings, or the Best Work in the Worst Times

Forms of failable

comparativemore failable
superlativemost failable

Origin of failable

From fail + -able.

Questions about failable

What does failable mean?
Failable means capable of failing or becoming exhausted.
What part of speech is failable?
Failable is an adjective.

Words near failable in the dictionary

  1. fail-safed
  2. fail-safes
  3. fail-safing
  4. fail-secure
  5. fail-soft
  6. failable
  7. failance
  8. failances
  9. failback
  10. failbacks
  11. failboy

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