Definition of Adoptable

1. Adjective. Suitable or eligible for adoption. "A shortage of adoptable babies"

Derivative terms: Adopt
Antonyms: Unadoptable

Definition of Adoptable

1. a. Capable of being adopted.

Definition of Adoptable

1. Adjective. Able to be adopted. ¹

2. Adjective. Desirable to adopt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adoptable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adoptable

adonised
adonises
adonising
adonist
adonists
adonitol
adonize
adonized
adonizes
adonizing
adoors
adopt
adopt out
adoptabilities
adoptability
adoptable (current term)
adopted
adoptedly
adoptee
adoptees
adopter
adopters
adoptianism
adoptianisms
adopting
adoption
adoptionism
adoptionisms
adoptionist
adoptionists

Literary usage of Adoptable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Thirty ...by California, James Manford Kerr by California, James Manford Kerr (1905)
"Star Is adoptable as trade-mark for shirts.—Morrison vs. Case. ... Whl»ky barrel, not adoptable as trademark, because of lack of originality.—Moorman vs. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"The Liturgy, or adoptable and generally adopted Set of Prayers and Prayer-Method, ... The good were found adoptable by men ; were* gradually got together, ..."

3. Past and Present: Chartism, and Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle (1848)
"The Liturgy, or adoptable and generally adopted Set of Prayers and Prayer-Method, ... The good were found adoptable by men ; were gradually got together, ..."

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