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  • adjective Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of being saved from ruin

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Examples

  • The motor which may have been salvageable, is screwed by sucking salt water into the engine.

    Another reason not to talk on a cell phone while driving. | My[confined]Space 2009

  • I'm really curious about this population of patients that we call salvageable patients.

    CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010 2010

  • Perry sends Tako Kakuta, the incredible mutant teleporter, to try and make a covert and identity unrevealed deal for a lot of the parts needed to make the Arkonides a ship that is capable of returning home, while Rhodan himself travels with Khrest to the Moon to see what is salvageable from the Arkonide tech there.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Galactic Alarm - Kurt Mahr Blue Tyson 2006

  • Researchers have found that some of these patients are potentially "salvageable" -- i.e. lives can be saved -- if the problem is identified in time.

    Ben Sherwood: Talk and Die: Six Questions (and Answers) About Natasha Richardson's Ski Accident 2009

  • Researchers have found that some of these patients are potentially "salvageable" -- i.e. lives can be saved -- if the problem is identified in time.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Wittes suggests that sentencing guidelines are "salvageable" if judges treat maximum sentences as maximum sentences.

    Letters to the Editor 2004

  • Wittes suggests that sentencing guidelines are "salvageable" if judges treat maximum sentences as maximum sentences.

    Letters to the Editor 2004

  • If you assume that 50 percent of the exterior is "salvageable," then it's just the wall, windows, insulation, interior finishes and waterproofing that have to be replaced.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ed Schmidt 2011

  • The Canadian report concluded that this incident was difficult to justify, especially as Mr Khadr is "salvageable", "non-radicalised" and a "good kid".

    CommonDreams.org Headlines 2010

  • Insiders say Nolke, now a director within the Department of Foreign Affairs, typically refers to Khadr as "Young Omar," while Millington wrote in an internal March 2008 report that one of Khadr's U.S. guards had declared he was "salvageable" and "non-radicalized."

    canada.com Top Stories 2010

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