molestable

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adjective

Capable of, or suitable for, being molested.

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Meanings

adjectivemolestable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCapable of, or suitable for, being molested.

    I could understand his touching Nok, but did he view every female as molestable?

    1994, Cleo Odzer, Patpong sisters: an American woman's view of the Bangkok sex world
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    Whereas Clement and Merton immediately place the illegitimate Evelina in the class of molestable not marriageable women...

    1993, Susan Fraiman, Unbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development

    […] [A]llow their virtual selves to be metamorphosed by VR technology into those of molestable children.

    1997, John Weckert, Douglas Adeney, Computer and information ethics

    In constantly declaring that children are molestable we are making them into bodies that draw attention to their molestability.

    2010, Tomas Moniz, Rad Dad, volume 18

Origin

From molest + -able.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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