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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Yet the automaker’s 33-year-old founder, Mate Rimac, intended his masterpiece to be a highly usable, no-fuss grand tourer.
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
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Those enhanced the speed of its All-Star backcourt of 6-foot-3 Mitchell and 6-foot-1 Darius Garland, with the collective size of frontcourt partners Mobley and Allen creating usable space above the basket.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Stripe brings fraud prevention, global payment rails, and a vast merchant network, making the new Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) usable by millions of businesses right out of the gate.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Nutrition experts agree that whey protein is generally digestible and usable by the body.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Those enhanced the speed of its All-Star backcourt of 6-foot-3 Mitchell and 6-foot-1 Darius Garland, with the collective size of frontcourt partners Mobley and Allen creating usable space above the basket.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Usable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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