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Antonyms for teachable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tee-chuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈti tʃə bəl



Definition of teachable

Origin :
  • late 15c., from teach (v.) + -able. Teachable moment attested from 1917, not common until after c.1960.
  • adj open to instruction
Example sentences :
  • Virtue is no sooner discovered to be teachable, than the discovery follows that it is not taught.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • She was quite a little lady, so gentle, teachable, and well mannered.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak » by Harriette McDougall
  • I see it does indeed need to be approached in a teachable spirit.
  • Extract from : « True to his Colours » by Theodore P. Wilson
  • Nor does Protagoras deny that men are teachable and modifiable.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) » by George Grote
  • Yet there are opposing reasons, showing that it cannot be teachable.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume II (of 4) » by George Grote
  • I call him Mega-ergaton docile, 'the teachable great-worker.'
  • Extract from : « A Century of Science and Other Essays » by John Fiske
  • It is trying to help the farmer, and it begins with the most teachable point—the child.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • In this spirit agriculture is divided into its teachable units.
  • Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various
  • Only be teachable, and you have already made much way in this philosophy.
  • Extract from : « The Oxford Reformers » by Frederic Seebohm
  • She was willing and teachable and grateful for every kind word said to her.
  • Extract from : « The Girl From the Marsh Croft » by Selma Lagerlf

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