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

If they’re lucky, they get a second life as a usable item made by L.A.-based upcycler Rewilder.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the sites are quite vulnerable, and, though Iran could enrich enough uranium to build a bomb in a matter of weeks, it would take them at least another year to mold that uranium into a usable weapon.

From Slate

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

One of the issues the researchers will look at is a lack of testable and usable biomarkers, which are the tiny molecules which can tell doctors whether someone is likely to benefit from a given drug.

From BBC

Related Words

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