Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being made or urged as an objection.

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

  • adjective rare Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forward as an objection.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being put forward as an objection.

Etymologies

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object +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Living day to day, loving as little as possible laughing out of spite outdated, offensive and objectable put on the curb the day after pickup

    November William Owen 2010

  • Unless, as some of Clinton's remarks suggest, it was meant to make the war less objectable, since heck, we gave it a shot, got some int'l support, but failed.

    FLASHBACK: Here's Hillary's Full Speech On Eve Of War Vote 2009

  • Hhe tried to position himself to be able to run for those centrist voters, which the GOP has been losing lately in California, but first he had to get past a core Republican primary base and he has made himself objectable to them and the other candidates have piled on and amplified those problems.

    CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2002 2002

  • But only when I was able to bring the game I hacked and the game act as a mirror-now the hunter become the hunted-only then it was objectable.

    Democracy Now! Democracy Now! 2010

  • In a democratic republic it is inevitable that citizens will finance things they find objectable. jgd777 wrote: The good news is this bill has an approximate shelf life of three week.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local absolutetruth 2010

  • Some provisions were objectable to several members of both the County Council and all but one of those who spoke about the proposed rule change, which was tabled on a unanimous vote.

    monoblogue 2010

  • In a democratic republic it is inevitable that citizens will finance things they find objectable. jgd777 wrote: The good news is this bill has an approximate shelf life of three week.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Mike Kiley 2010

  • But only when I was able to bring the game I hacked and the game act as a mirror-now the hunter become the hunted-only then it was objectable.

    Democracy Now! Democracy Now! 2010

  • Chuck DeVore’s affiliation with VDARE’s racism is questionable, point of serious concern & at the least objectable for failure to disavow.

    Peter Brimelow On Talk of Connecticut tomorrow at 8:20 a.m. ET 2010

  • Chuck DeVore’s affiliation with VDARE’s racism is questionable, point of serious concern & at the least objectable for failure to disavow.

    Twittering For The $PLC 2010

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