Antonyms for improvable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : im-proov |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpruv |
Definition of improvable
Origin :- late 15c., "to use to one's profit, to increase (income)," from Anglo-French emprouwer "to turn to profit" (late 13c.), from Old French en-, causative prefix, + prou "profit," from Latin prode "advantageous" (see proud). Spelling with -v- was rare before 17c. Meaning "to raise to a better quality or condition" first recorded 1610s. Phrase improve the occasion retains the etymological sense. Meaning "to turn land to profit" (by clearing it, erecting buildings, etc.) was in Anglo-French (13c.) and was retained in the American colonies.
- As in reparable : adj remediable
- As in curable : adj able to be improved, fixed
- I should apprehend this bog to be among the most improvable in the country.
- Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
- The living is valued at £140 a year, but perhaps it may be improvable.
- Extract from : « Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters » by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
- Man is an improvable being, and indefinite progress is the law of his existence.
- Extract from : « Primitive Man » by Louis Figuier
- Brother, the wight is improvable, and this must not be borne withal.
- Extract from : « Thomas Otway » by Thomas Otway
- Man is an improvable being, and some advancement may be expected in his condition.
- Extract from : « A Manual of the Antiquity of Man » by J. P. MacLean
- Therefore, use your government interest for him, for he is improved and improvable.
- Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV » by Thomas Moore
- It is unquestionable that these are talents, that is, improvable mercies given by God.
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- It will be more to the point, after have said so much upon improving books, to say a word or two about the improvable reader.
- Extract from : « Stevensoniana » by Various
- My object will be to obtain a farm of large acreage and poor land, but improvable by better drainage and an outlay of capital.
- Extract from : « Out on the Pampas » by G. A. Henty
- As a whole, the creature appears to be innately the dullest and least improvable of all our servitors.
- Extract from : « Domesticated Animals » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Synonyms for improvable
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