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

The company has violated the ADA by failing “to make its stations readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs,” the complaint states.

From Washington Post

TRI’s bot can fold up tightly to the ceiling when it’s not in use, so it effectively takes up zero usable space.

From Popular-Science

It has a range of just 150 miles, usable but relatively paltry by 2020 standards.

From Fortune

In this one, I ended up with only six usable saltwater-chilled water bottles.

From Science News For Students

Even if it’s not all immediately usable, the Party anticipates better technical ability to exploit the data later on.

From MIT Technology Review

After all that steps, 220 pounds of fresh-picked beans will wind up as about 30 pounds of usable product.

From The Daily Beast

This loss of usable myelin results in poor nerve-to-nerve coordination, resulting is a slightly haywire main dashboard.

From The Daily Beast

This miniaturized gym routine enabled the scientists to grow usable quantities of bovine muscle—otherwise known as beef.

From The Daily Beast

The Maybach that they bashed and reconstructed for their dazzling “Otis” music video was no longer usable as a car.

From The Daily Beast

Crumpton turned the young man into an asset, and he provided an immense amount of usable information.

From The Daily Beast

Governor Letcher of Virginia ordered that this ship be raised and be converted into an effective, usable frigate.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the first practical and commercially usable talking machine.

From Project Gutenberg

You've achieved controlled, usable atomic energy through total annihilation of mass.

From Project Gutenberg

I could not alter the "troublesome," because it is the nearest usable adjective for schwierig, which stands in the German.

From Project Gutenberg

Eight subject indexes—only the fourth is not alphabetical—make the Bibliotheca bibliothecarum fully usable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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