Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being maintained, kept up, supported, or upheld; sustainable; defensible.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective That may be maintained.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Able to be maintained

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being maintained

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maintain +‎ -able

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