excludable

American  

[ik-skloo-duh-buhl] / ɪkˈsklu də bəl /

Or excludible

adjective

1. capable of being excluded.

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noun

1. something that is excluded or exempted.

2. (in U.S. immigration statutes) an undesirable alien who is not legally eligible to enter the country.

   Excludables include convicts and drug addicts.

Other Word Forms

• excludability noun
• unexcludable adjective

Etymology

Origin of excludable

First recorded in 1915–20; exclude + -able

Example Sentences

The fact that private goods are excludable and finite makes them tradable.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Unlike private property, they are not excludable and are essentially infinite.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Forests, water, and fisheries, however, are a type of public good called common goods, which are not excludable but may be finite.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Originally detained by the INS for admitting they had criminal records, most of those held in Atlanta have since been found "excludable" by administrative law judges.

From Time Magazine Archive

At each stage, copying costs are lowered and goods become both less rival and less excludable.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James