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- adjective Capable of being
given .
Etymologies
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give + -able
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Examples
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Al'ready Ceijihagrast had overslept his posting by an unfor-givable margin.
Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995
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To such Idealists as Fichte this was an unfor - givable concession to materialism.
PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN JOHN PASSMORE 1968
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Or the true answer is not givable, such as “I want to keep my data because I’m scared others will learn our methods, copy them, do our work but better and we’ll get fired.”
Cicerone of NAS Acquiesces in Data Obstruction « Climate Audit 2007
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