"sackable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more sackable [comparative], most sackable [superlative]
Etymology: From sack + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sack|able}} sack + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} sackable (comparative more sackable, superlative most sackable)
  1. (of an act) Sufficiently severe to warrant the perpetrator being sacked.
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