"workability" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: workabilities [plural]
Etymology: work + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|work|ability}} work + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} workability (countable and uncountable, plural workabilities)
  1. The ease with which something can be worked or fashioned. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ease with which something can be worked): työstettävyys (Finnish), ouvrabilité [feminine] (French), lavorabilità [feminine] (Italian), lucrabilitate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-workability-en-noun-eJ7s8v-P Disambiguation of 'ease with which something can be worked': 93 7
  2. The quality of being workable; practical capacity to succeed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-workability-en-noun-IPNsnQzd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 35 65

Inflected forms

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