Excludable

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which can be excluded.

    "These increases in the ranks of the excludables brought an accompanying increase in the ranks of the deportables"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be excluded. not-comparable

    "Under the same law that made [Hans Paul] Verhoef's detention possible, the legal status of over 600 amnesty applicants who have lived in this country for close to a decade is being reviewed. Those found excludable because of HIV antibody-positivity will become "undocumented" and vulnerable to deportation."

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"Under the same law that made [Hans Paul] Verhoef's detention possible, the legal status of over 600 amnesty applicants who have lived in this country for close to a decade is being reviewed. Those found excludable because of HIV antibody-positivity will become "undocumented" and vulnerable to deportation."

Etymology

From exclude + -able.

Related phrases

Witherspoon-excludable

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