Failable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of failing or becoming exhausted.

    "He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?"

Example

More examples

"He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?"

Etymology

From fail + -able.

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