reversible

adjective

Definition of reversiblenext
as in undoable

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Recent Examples of reversible Cards Most school pocket charts come with a set of matching cards, but some of these cards are reversible to help optimize the usability of the cards. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 July 2026 Much of Abercrombie's swim selection is now on sale, including bestsellers like the reversible Marina One-Piece swimsuit. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 Treatment methods Before prescribing TRT, doctors generally look for potentially reversible or temporary factors, including obesity, certain medications, untreated obstructive sleep apnea, acute illness and excessive alcohol use. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 Decline is often self-inflicted, not externally imposed, and unfolds in five stages — each detectable and each reversible if leaders recognize and confront reality early. — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reversible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reversible
  1. undoable
  2. amendable
  3. resolvable
  4. improvable
  5. correctable
Adjective
  • Some, viewing a short leave as undoable, drop out of the workforce altogether.
    — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • American leaders’ personal experiences of winning the war gave them the confidence to think the unthinkable and to do what previous generations had dismissed as undoable by constructing an international order that could bring peace.
    — GRAHAM ALLISON, Foreign Affairs, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of undoable
Adjective
  • Delta's contract with its pilots becomes amendable at the end of the year, and the airline and its pilot group are in active talks about the next contract, according to USA TODAY.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • These situations are amendable to creditors claiming that the structure is nothing more than the client's alter ego, which is why creditors love to see them.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of amendable
Adjective
  • For Manus, the problem at the heart of Beijing’s objection may not be resolvable, Hendrichs added.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • But one of the challenges here is that some of these crises are not immediately resolvable.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
Definition of resolvable
Adjective
  • In the world of inherently scalable and improvable AI attacks, that quickly becomes a nightmare that cannot be contained.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Finishing offers some of the most immediate reduction opportunities because these are operational decisions, improvable through technology, process optimization, chemistry selection, renewable energy, and product design.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
Definition of improvable
Adjective
  • Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of correctable

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“Reversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reversible. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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