Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See usable, usableness.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
usable .
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- adjective capable of being put to use
- adjective fit or ready for use or service
- adjective convenient for use or disposal
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Examples
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He often comes across as "anti-design" and his site, though it may be "useable" is hardly pleasurable to use.
Archive 2004-05-01 Jonathan 2004
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He often comes across as "anti-design" and his site, though it may be "useable" is hardly pleasurable to use.
Web designers should stop seeing the devil in usability Jonathan 2004
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Offering the official administration response to FOX News, a senior Defense Department official pointed out that the chemical weapons were not in useable conditions.
Think Progress » Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD Claims 2006
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Honestly, if anyone thinks that torture works as an effective way to gain useable information, you really, really, really, really need help …
Think Progress » Legal Advocate For Torture Being Considered For Top Judicial Post 2006
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My father was there as an engineer with the 98th Naval Construction Battalion putting the airfields in useable order while still under fire from the Japanese.
11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 John 2003
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You should probably take a serious look at kde4 (once it gets useable, which is apparently jaunty (but if you get burned, it may be worth giving 9.10 a try)).
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The falseness of our diplomacy is revealed in our scramble for 'useable', tactical nuclear missiles, new weapons systems, and our new justifications for their use.
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The falseness of our diplomacy is revealed in our scramble for 'useable', tactical nuclear missiles, new weapons systems, and our new justifications for their use.
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At the most complex level, "strategy" can often be picked up that translates into some kind of useable wisdom in many other areas of life.
The Fallacy of War 2006
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Natural flood plains are converted into "useable" land where people can put up buildings.
The Army Corps Of Engineers Approach To Traffic Control 2000
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