salvable
Americanadjective
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fit for or capable of being saved or salvaged.
adjective
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capable of or suitable for being saved or salvaged
Other Word Forms
- salvability noun
- salvableness noun
- salvably adverb
Etymology
Origin of salvable
1660–70; < Late Latin salv ( āre ) to save + -able
Example Sentences
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The cans in the galley floor did not look in any way salvable and even in the locker there were some that were badly rusted and some that wore an ominous bulbed look.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
And, further, strolling players, in spite of John Wesley's exhortations, were not considered salvable.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold
It proceeds beyond reaction to collapse in a hopeless case; it stops this side of that in a salvable one.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
There was less action of the liver than usually indicates a salvable case, and no irritation of the lowest intestines.
From The Opium Habit by Day, Horace B.
It looks very much as if she were salvable.
From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James
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