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putdownable

putdownable is the alternative form of put-downable.

Meaning of put-downable

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

Forms of putdownable

comparativemore putdownable
superlativemost putdownable

Questions about putdownable

What is putdownable the alternative form of?
Putdownable is the alternative form of put-downable.

Words near putdownable in the dictionary

  1. putchers
  2. putchock
  3. putchuck
  4. putchuk
  5. putdown
  6. putdownable
  7. putdowns
  8. puteal
  9. puteals
  10. putelee
  11. putelees

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