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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
improvable
    adj 1: susceptible of improvement

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Improvable \Im*prov"a*ble\, a. [From Improve.]
   1. Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement;
      admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or
      of being advanced in good qualities.
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            Man is accommodated with moral principles,
            improvable by the exercise of his faculties. --Sir
                                                  M. Hale.
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            I have a fine spread of improvable lands. --Addison.
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   2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable;
      serviceable; advantageous.
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            The essays of weaker heads afford improvable hints
            to better.                            --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      -- Im*pro"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prov"a*bly, adv.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ameliorable, amendable, correctable, corrigible, curable, emendable, fixable, medicable, mendable, perfectible, reclaimable, recoverable, rectifiable, recyclable, redeemable, remediable, repairable, reparable, restorable, retrievable, reversible
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