usable
adjective
us·able
ˈyü-zə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly useable
1
: capable of being used
2
: convenient and practicable for use
Examples of usable in a Sentence
Is any of this junk usable?
although the spade is usable as a snow shovel, it doesn't do a very good job
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The first pass turned some of the garbled text into something more usable.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
And one other challenge the company faces is funding – something that the realization of CL1 as a tangible, usable technology might change.
—New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025
Although the price has sticker shock attached to it, the GMC Sierra pickup is the ultimate usable machine.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Eventually, the food scraps will break down into usable soil.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
And one other challenge the company faces is funding – something that the realization of CL1 as a tangible, usable technology might change.
—New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025
Although the price has sticker shock attached to it, the GMC Sierra pickup is the ultimate usable machine.
—Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
Eventually, the food scraps will break down into usable soil.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for usable
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“Usable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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