failable

F4A1I1L1A1B3L1E1

adjective

Capable of failing or becoming exhausted.

Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivefailable (comparative more failable, superlative most failable)

comparative more failable · superlative most failable

  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?

    1682, John Flavel, Preparations for Sufferings, or the Best Work in the Worst Times

Origin

From fail + -able.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

failable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failable

MLA

“failable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “failable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/failable.

Source: failable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.