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put-downable

put-downable adjective: not captivating or engrossing; dull.

Adjective

put-downable (comparative more put-downable, superlative most put-downable)

  1. Not captivating or engrossing; dull.
    • The Red White and Blue is, FOR THE most part, terrifically readable, but also immensely put-downable. A reason for the latter is that John Gregory Dunne is lavish with murder, mutilation, vomit, dwarf jokes, racist jokes, latrine scenes, and […]1987, {unattributed}, New York Magazine Feb 23, 1987
    • It's not that it wasn't good, but it was significantly more put-downable than others.

Antonyms of put-downable

Forms of put-downable

comparativemore put-downable
superlativemost put-downable
alternative formputdownable

Origin of put-downable

From put down + -able.

Questions about put-downable

What does put-downable mean?
Put-downable means not captivating or engrossing; dull.
What part of speech is put-downable?
Put-downable is an adjective.

Words near put-downable in the dictionary

  1. put words in someone's mouth
  2. put-and-take
  3. put-back
  4. put-backs
  5. put-down
  6. put-downable
  7. put-downs
  8. put-in
  9. Put-in-Bay
  10. put-me-up
  11. put-me-ups

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