Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being deposed or deprived of office.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Capable of being deposed or deprived of office.

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  • adjective Capable of being deposed, or deprived of office.

Etymologies

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depose +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Cardin's nephew is a corrupt politician who feels as though all government resources are at his deposable since he is an elected official.

    A pricey proposal 2009

  • Already the world is attempting to guide and shape their reality in a way that will make them deposable bodies.

    I Am Sean Bell: A Mothers Lament Renee 2009

  • Already the world is attempting to guide and shape their reality in a way that will make them deposable bodies.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Renee 2009

  • This has created a windfall to the manufacturers of women's products through an artificially created increase in the deposable revenue for many single mothers.

    Congressional Guidelines for Abusing Women 2008

  • They had, beside, which was an equally legitimate part of this system, an elective and deposable war-chief (Teuchtli), the power to elect and to depose being held by a fixed constituency ever present, and ready to act when occasion required.

    Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines Lewis H. Morgan 1849

  • To begin with the old saying "have more of our population with enough deposable income to spend or pay down debt is the greatest economic stimulus for any economy."

    American Chronicle 2009

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