Meanings
comparative more sackable · superlative most sackable
- Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator being sacked.
1 more example
This follows the confirmation that Gilruth personally ordered the cancellation of engineering works in Fife last year, which is thought to have been the final straw for Gibb […]. Because her Fife constituency was materially affected by the cancellation, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who raised Gibb's departure at First Minister's Questions on May 18, described the incident as a "clear-cut sackable offence".
2023 May 31, “Network News: Micro-management prompted Gibb to quit ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 984, page 25
Origin
- Ancient Greekσᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)
- Latinsaccus
- Proto-Germanic*sakkuz
- Proto-West Germanic*sakku
- Old Englishsacc
- Middle Englishsak
- Englishsack
- Englishsackable
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sackable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sackable
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