failable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fail +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

failable (comparative more failable, superlative most failable)

  1. Capable of failing or becoming exhausted.
    • 1682, John Flavel, Preparations for Sufferings, or the Best Work in the Worst Times:
      He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?

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