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sectionable

sectionable adjective: able to be sectioned.

Adjective

sectionable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be sectioned.
  2. (UK) Mentally ill; deserving of being sectioned in a mental institution.
    • As a lot of people are when they're that depressed, he was very reluctant to get help, and he really did need help: I'm quite sure he was sectionable, actually, towards the end of his life.2013 March 7, Jonathan Coe, Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 357

Antonyms of sectionable

Origin of sectionable

From section + -able.

Questions about sectionable

What does sectionable mean?
Sectionable means able to be sectioned.
What part of speech is sectionable?
Sectionable is an adjective.

Words near sectionable in the dictionary

  1. section liners
  2. section sign
  3. section signs
  4. section-house
  5. section-houses
  6. sectionable
  7. sectional
  8. sectionalisation
  9. sectionalisations
  10. sectionalise
  11. sectionalised

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