repurposable

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adjective

Able to be repurposed; having alternative potential uses or functions beyond the original.

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Meanings

adjectiverepurposable (comparative more repurposable, superlative most repurposable)

comparative more repurposable · superlative most repurposable

  1. Able to be repurposed; having alternative potential uses or functions beyond the original.

    A repurposable terminology resource would need to be comprehensive, i.e. it would need to include the superset of all the data categories and types of terms required for all uses.

    2018, Sin-wai Chan, The Human Factor in Machine Translation, page 120

Origin

From repurpose + -able.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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