Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- “Capable of being attacked; assailable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being attacked.
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- adjective
which may beattacked
Etymologies
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Examples
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What we've worked on is getting a little more zip on his second serve so it's not attackable.
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However, the reality is that when people scrutinize school budgets, salaries and extra-curriculars are the most easily understood and attackable line items.
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What we've worked on is getting a little more zip on his second serve so it's not attackable.
Australian Open 2012: Ivan Lendl to help Andy Murray take the next step 2012
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But I find it hard to believe that his older journalistic peers at the Post and in the profession do not think privately to themselves that, although his political progressivism makes him not really attackable, just as a career figure, they must think to themselves that he might be improved had he done something besides go directly from junior high school to internet “public policy” columnist.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Wonk-Snark the New Genre? Unkind Thoughts About Ezra Klein 2009
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How do they get to see that their own viewpoints may be attackable because they are based on incomplete information, misleading and unexamined statements by others, or their own unexamined beliefs?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Limits of Morse v. Frederick: 2009
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Instead, the conservatives are reframing empathy to make it attackable.
George Lakoff: Empathy, Sotomayor, and Democracy: The Conservative Stealth Strategy 2009
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Sanford or even the Republican Party just because there have been a lot of morally wrong or, shall we say -- ethically "challenged" -- Republican political figures who are eminently "attackable."
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Anderson is laughably funny — “although his political progressivism makes him not really attackable.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is Wonk-Snark the New Genre? Unkind Thoughts About Ezra Klein 2009
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Instead, the conservatives are reframing empathy to make it attackable.
George Lakoff - Conservatives Are Waging a War on Empathy -- We Can't Let Them Win William Harryman 2009
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However, the reality is that when people scrutinize school budgets, salaries and extra-curriculars are the most easily understood and attackable line items.
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