misable

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1. Able to dissolve; soluble

   The polarity of the ethanol molecule makes ethanol water misable, but not fat misable.

   1984, James T. Hartford, Thaddeus Samorajski, Alcoholism in the elderly: social and biomedical issues, page 153

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   Column studies have demonstrated the advantage of using misable solvents over surfactants.

   1995, Proceedings, SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference

   Also, as indicated by the phase diagram, Au and Ni are mutually misable in each other, so any dissolved Au precipitates out and is thought to diffuse to the interface during aging to create a more thermally stable configuration [60].

   2004, Karl J. Puttlitz, Kathleen A. Stalter, Handbook of Lead-Free Solder Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies, →ISBN

comparative more misable · superlative most misable

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of miserable.

   Mor sat on the edge of the bed, “Lifee, baby, it was a time I was so alone I was misable and dint know it. That's misable sides bein a slave..."

   1999, J. California Cooper, The Wake of the Wind, →ISBN, page 156

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   "O, don't--oh, ye mustn't l” said Tom, grasping his hand; “he's a poor misable crittur ! it's wrul to hink on't! O, if he only could repent, the Lord would forgive him now! but I'm 'feared he never will!"

   1852, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale about Life Among the Lowly, page 449

   But the king he only looked sorrowful, and says: "Gentlemen, I wish the money was there, for I ain't got no disposition to throw anything in the way of a fair, open, out-and-out investigation o' this misable business; but alas, the money ain't there; you k'n send and see, if you want to."

   1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn