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reparable

[ rep-er-uh-buhlor, often, ri-pair- ]

adjective

  1. capable of being repaired repair or remedied.


reparable

/ ˈrɛpərəbəl; ˈrɛprə- /

adjective

  1. able to be repaired, recovered, or remedied

    a reparable loss

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌreparaˈbility, noun
  • ˈreparably, adverb
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Other Words From

  • repa·ra·bly adverb
  • non·repa·ra·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reparable1

From the Latin word reparābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See repair 1, -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reparable1

C16: from Latin reparābilis , from reparāre to repair 1
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Example Sentences

But how will they determine what is reparable and what must be destroyed?

But after all, this evil would have been more easily reparable than the ruins accumulated on the plateau of Prospect Heights.

I am often astonished to find people approving irreparable choices and condemning reparable ones.

Errors of choice are consequently less reparable under the group system than under pure election.

And that has just ended in each destroying the other to an extent doubtfully reparable in our time.

I fear he is not to be reclaimed; there is scarcely a hope that anything in his character or fortunes is reparable now.

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