instructable

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adjective

Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.

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Meanings

adjectiveinstructable (comparative more instructable, superlative most instructable)

comparative more instructable · superlative most instructable

  1. Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.

    Yet another division placed persons depending on their ability to receive teachings: those who need only condensed teaching, those who need expanded teaching, and those who are barely instructable.

    2000, Todd Thornton Lewis, Subarna Man Tuladhar, Labh Ratna Tuladhar, Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal

Origin

From instruct + -able.

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Chicago

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