improvable

improvable

English

Etymology 1

From improve +‎ -able.

Adjective

improvable (comparative more improvable, superlative most improvable)

1. Capable of being improved.
2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable.

   Synonyms: serviceable, advantageous

Derived terms

• improvableness
• improvably

 

Translations

capable of being improved

Catalan: millorable French: améliorable (fr), perfectible (fr)

Galician: mellorable (gl) Spanish: mejorable (es)

Etymology 2

From im- +‎ provable.

Adjective

improvable (not comparable)

1. Impossible to prove.

Derived terms

• improvably

See also

• improbable

References

• improvable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• improvable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.