sectionable

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adjective

Able to be sectioned.

Opposite
unsectionable
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Meanings

adjectivesectionable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAble to be sectioned.
  2. UKnot comparableMentally ill; deserving of being sectioned in a mental institution.

    As a lot of people are when they're that depressed, he was very reluctant to get help, and he really did need help: I'm quite sure he was sectionable, actually, towards the end of his life.

    2013 March 7, Jonathan Coe, Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 357

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unsectionable
Also see
sectile

Origin

From section + -able.

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Translations

French sectionnable
  • sectionnableTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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