skippable

American  

[skip-uh-buhl] / ˈskɪp ə bəl /

adjective

1. able to be skipped, omitted, or passed over without loss; unimportant.

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Etymology

Origin of skippable

First recorded in 1810–20; skip ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

With “Landman” over, Paramount’s lineup looks very skippable.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

Too many things I imagined doing began to feel skippable, arbitrary, not a tragedy to decline.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

More movie-musicals could stand to trim skippable songs and unnecessary dialogue to channel the high-wire momentum of the stage, rather than try to replicate it exactly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2021

Like other casual fans, she caught up on the two previous Avengers movies, and assumed other movies in the franchise were skippable.

From The Verge • May 15, 2018

This method, being much less skippable than the inset by those who did not want it, was not likely to continue, and so applied the cure to its own ill.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George