objectable
objectable adjective: capable of being put forward as an objection. Also the misconstruction of objectionable.
Adjective
objectable (comparative more objectable, superlative most objectable)
- Capable of being put forward as an objection.
- It is as objectable against all those things which either native beauty or art affords.1656, Discourse of Artificial Handsomeness, attributed to Jeremy Taylor, page 145 (quoted in Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language and The Century Dictionary)
- Whether any thing truly objectable against any Bishop or Minister of England (as scandalously weak, wicked and unworthy) may not with as much more truth be objected against their severest enemies.1659, John Gauden, Ecclesiae Anglicanae Suspiria. The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England, Book I, chapter XIV, page 128
- Capable of being made into or treated as an object (especially by a computer program or programming language).
- Here we use the position of each region inside the image, its size, structure and adjacency relations to the other prominent regions or to the background. First we apply a so-called preprocessing step, in which we separate objectable images from non-objectable ones with the meaning of whether or...2006, Aurélio Campilho, Mohamed Kamel, Image Analysis and Recognition: Third International Conference, →ISBN
Also used as
objectable is also the misconstruction of objectionable.
Examples of objectable in a sentence
- The Commission granted to Kidd had nothing in it objectable in point of Law, [...]1735, History of England, volume 3, page 205:
- First we apply a so-called preprocessing step, in which we separate objectable images from non-objectable ones with the meaning of whether or not the given image contains prominent regions.2006, Aurélio Campilho, Mohamed Kamel, Image Analysis and Recognition: Third International Conference, →ISBN:
Forms of objectable
| comparative | more objectable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most objectable |
Origin of objectable
From object + -able.
Questions about objectable
- What does objectable mean?
- Objectable means capable of being put forward as an objection.
- How do you use objectable in a sentence?
- The Commission granted to Kidd had nothing in it objectable in point of Law, [...]
- What part of speech is objectable?
- Objectable is an adjective.
Words near objectable in the dictionary
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