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watchable

adjective

watch·​able ˈwä-chə-bəl How to pronounce watchable (audio)
ˈwȯ-
: worth watching
a minor but highly watchable film
watchable noun

Examples of watchable in a Sentence

a minor but highly watchable film
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Continuing the tradition of this season of The Golden Bachelor, Mel continues to give us absolutely nothing while the women around him do feats of incredible strength and charisma and boob tape to make this show even remotely watchable. Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 Tale is replete with the excess, speedy cigarette boats and other stuff that made Miami Vice so watchable. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025 Between the sounds, the smells and the watchable crowd, the neighborhood was happening. Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025 The goal is to make older videos more watchable on modern devices without altering their core visual identity. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for watchable

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of watchable was circa 1909

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“Watchable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchable. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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