See failable on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fail", "3": "able" }, "expansion": "fail + -able", "name": "suffix" } ], "etymology_text": "From fail + -able.", "forms": [ { "form": "more failable", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most failable", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "failable (comparative more failable, superlative most failable)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "related": [ { "word": "fallible" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms suffixed with -able", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1682, John Flavel, Preparations for Sufferings, or the Best Work in the Worst Times:", "text": "He must not depend on any thing that is failable; for what shall he do then, when that stock is spent, and he hath no provision left to live upon?", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Capable of failing or becoming exhausted." ], "links": [ [ "fail", "fail" ], [ "exhaust", "exhaust" ] ] } ], "word": "failable" }
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