Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; that may become or be made better.
- That may be used to advantage or for the bettering of anything.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in good qualities.
- adjective Capable of being used to advantage; profitable; serviceable; advantageous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of being
improved ;susceptible ofimprovement ;admitting of being made better; capable ofcultivation , or of being advanced in good qualities. - adjective Capable of being used to
advantage ;profitable ;serviceable ;advantageous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective susceptible of improvement
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Examples
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Oly thing that seems to be improvable is the lection management.
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There were also two natural trenches, shallow but improvable.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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We must accept that we are fallible, he says, and hence that our knowledge is tentative and improvable no matter how definitive it may seem at the moment.
To Err Is Progress John Horgan 2011
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There were also two natural trenches, shallow but improvable.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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That's simple with a kitten, slower with an adult cat especially if negative associations have already been made, but definitely improvable.
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There were also two natural trenches, shallow but improvable.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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On the other hand capitalism, like our political form of government - based as it is on checks and balances and factions - is the philosophy of the fallen - but improvable -- man.
A defense of capitalism Jennifer Rubin 2011
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There were also two natural trenches, shallow but improvable.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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I frankly don't think a Drake's Coffee Cake is improvable.
Ring Dings, From the Heart Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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We had an optimism that man was improvable, he could do it himself, and this pervaded our household.
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