Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
criticizable , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being criticised.
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- adjective Alternative form of
criticizable .
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Examples
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Whether preferences are rationally criticisable crucially depends on how a thus criticised agent is capable of modifying her intrinsic preferences in the light of such criticism.
Preferences Hansson, Sven Ove 2006
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Since the quota relates to a decreased duty and is the result of negotiation with other countries it hardly seems properly criticisable.
Let's Be Friends 1954
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This is a very criticisable measure by anyone with a bit of common sense.
Forbes.com: News Parmy Olson 2011
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Ouakrat said he didn't know what Briatore's plans were for the future but that his sole goal was to avoid a "scandalous boycott decision that had been made in circumstances that were highly criticisable."
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Elsewhere: he criticises the eminently criticisable original series of Star Trek, but in a strange way.
Will Type For Food 2008
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I could not help thinking, from a few criticisable peculiarities in her talk and manner, that there might have been a mistake on the governor's part, and perhaps a venial exaggeration on the old lady's, concerning her former position in society; but what struck me was the forcible instance of that most prevalent of English vanities, the pretension to aristocratic connection, on one side, and the submission and reverence with which it was accepted by the governor and his household, on the other.
Our Old Home A Series of English Sketches A Series of English Sketches Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Your specific observations are criticisable, like anyone’s, mine included, and if you want to support them, you could try actually engaging in a discussion where you also do a bit of listening, and drop this ‘I’m older and wiser than you’.
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a few criticisable peculiarities in her talk and manner, that there might have been a mistake on the governor's part, and perhaps a venial exaggeration on the old lady's, concerning her former position in society; but what struck me was the forcible instance of that most prevalent of
fbharjo commented on the word criticisable
criticisable
March 5, 2012