usable
adjective
us·able
ˈyü-zə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly useable
1
: capable of being used
2
: convenient and practicable for use
Examples of usable in a Sentence
Is any of this junk usable?
although the spade is usable as a snow shovel, it doesn't do a very good job
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As with Colt 150 years earlier, Glock took existing designs and refined them into a usable product.
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Construction in progress will add an additional 3,000 square feet for a total of 9,000 square feet of usable space.
—Mike Jordan, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Investigators had carefully preserved the evidence from Aime’s case, and forensic investigators were able to analyze that evidence to select the portions that seemed most likely to have usable DNA samples, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
The technology, which has been in the works for years, has now reached commercial scales, allowing large amounts of sunlight to be captured and converted into usable energy.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
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Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
Construction in progress will add an additional 3,000 square feet for a total of 9,000 square feet of usable space.
—Mike Jordan, AJC.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Investigators had carefully preserved the evidence from Aime’s case, and forensic investigators were able to analyze that evidence to select the portions that seemed most likely to have usable DNA samples, Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
The technology, which has been in the works for years, has now reached commercial scales, allowing large amounts of sunlight to be captured and converted into usable energy.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Usable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usable. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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