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From beat + -able, in the sense of "able to be bettered" as a back-formation from unbeatable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From beat + -able, in the sense of "able to be bettered" as a back-formation from unbeatable.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.