Meanings
comparative more challengeable · superlative most challengeable · alternative challengable
- Able to be challenged or disputed.
It follows, Justice Ginsburg wrote, that “if a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for cause, the loss of a peremptory challenge due to a state court’s good-faith error is not a matter of federal constitutional concern.”
2009 April 1, Adam Liptak, “Justices Limit the Reach of Apology to Hawaiians”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being challenged
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishchalengeable
- Englishchallengeable
From Middle English chalengeable; equivalent to challenge + -able.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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