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Capable of being improved
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remediable
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Word definitions for remediable in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An unnecessary operation was deemed to be one that was performed without pathological evidence of surgically remediable disease. ▪ Identifying high risk groups should point towards the inequalities that are remediable . ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Capable of being remedy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Middle French remédiable , from Latin remediabilis "that may be healed, curable," from stem of remediare , from remedium (see remedy (n.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remediable \Re*me"di*a*ble\ (r?-m?"d?-?-b'l), a. [L. remediabilis: cf. F. rem['e]diable.] Capable of being remedied or cured. [1913 Webster] -- Re*me"di*a*ble*ness , n. - Re*me"di*a*bly , adv.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. possible to remedy; "remediable problems"; "a remediable setback"; "not a crime but only a remediable blunder" [ant: irremediable ]
Usage examples of remediable.
Bulstrode, having heard of Lydgate's debts, had been anxious to know whether her husband could not do something for poor Rosamond, and had been much troubled on learning from him that Lydgate's affairs were not easily remediable, and that the wisest plan was to let them "take their course.