abusable

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English

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Etymology

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abuse +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abusable (comparative more abusable, superlative most abusable)

  1. Capable of being abused. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]

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References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abusable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

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