deferrable

American  

[dih-fur-uh-buhl] / dɪˈfɜr ə bəl /

Or deferable

adjective

1. capable of being deferred or postponed.

   a deferrable project.

2. qualified or eligible to receive a military deferment.

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noun

1. a person eligible for deferment from compulsory military service.

Other Word Forms

• nondeferable adjective
• nondeferrable adjective
• undeferable adjective
• undeferably adverb
• undeferrable adjective
• undeferrably adverb

Etymology

Origin of deferrable

First recorded in 1940–45; defer ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

“It is my opinion that a discussion about plants’ rights is no longer deferrable.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2015

Also, grad students fail to pass physical exams more often than younger draftees, partly, implies one draft official, because they can afford doctors skilled at detecting deferrable ailments.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now graduate-school deans are beginning to realize that unless the law is changed or Selective Service enlarges the list of deferrable disciplines, they could lose as many as half of their prospective students next year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pain in the pocketbook is causing patients of private physicians to put off deferrable care like plastic surgery and to postpone paying for what treatment they do get.

From Time Magazine Archive

But what looks deferrable to Washington bureaucrats looks ten years too late to officials of cities and states that have felt the full force of the postwar population expansion.

From Time Magazine Archive