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English
Etymology
From abuse + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abusable (comparative more abusable, superlative most abusable)
- Capable of being abused. [1]
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References
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- “abusable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “abusable”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.