salvageable

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English

Etymology

From salvage +‎ -able.

Adjective

salvageable (comparative more salvageable, superlative most salvageable)

  1. Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.
    Antonyms: unsalvageable, unrescuable, unsavable
    The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one.
    • 2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Cullybackey”, in RAIL, number 998, page 39:
      Considerable work had to be done by way of repairs and replacement of bricks and woodwork (doors, floors, skirtings and panelling) where these were too far gone to be salvageable, including reprofiling to match originals.

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