usable

or use·a·ble

[ yoo-zuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. available or convenient for use:

   2000 square feet of usable office space.

2. capable of being used:

   That saw is no longer usable.

usable

/ ˈjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be used

Derived Forms

• ˌusaˈbility, noun
• ˈusably, adverb

Other Words From

• usa·bili·ty usa·ble·ness noun
• usea·bili·ty usea·ble·ness noun
• usa·bly usea·bly adverb
• nonre·usa·ble nonre·usea·ble adjective noun
• non·usa·ble non·usea·ble adjective
• reus·a·bili·ty reuse·a·bili·ty noun
• re·usa·ble re·usea·ble adjective
• re·usa·ble·ness re·usea·ble·ness noun
• un·usa·ble un·usea·ble adjective
• un·usa·ble·ness un·usea·ble·ness noun
• un·usa·bly un·usea·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of usable¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; use, -able

Example Sentences

Altenberg said, visually, the press box “does not look like it’s usable.”

From Los Angeles Times

PCE refers to the amount of sunlight a cell can convert to usable electricity.

From Science Daily

But he said there is little reason to think that expanding the usable area for UK Storm Shadow "will make any difference" to Ukraine's ability to hit back at Russia.

From BBC

An ExxonMobil spokesperson recently told ProPublica that the company’s chemical recycling process works, and that it has “processed more than 60 million pounds of plastic waste into usable raw materials, keeping it out of landfills.”

From Salon

“There were a number of hospitals that were intact but not usable. That’s better than a collapsed structure. But still not what you need at a time of emergency like that.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accessible
• adaptable
• applicable
• convenient
• expendable
• functional
• practical
• profitable
• serviceable
• unused
• useful
• valid
• valuable