ameliorableadj.
/əˈmiːlɪərəbl/, U.S. /əˈmiljərəb(ə)l/, /əˈmiliərəb(ə)l/ Capable of being ameliorated or improved; subject to amelioration.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [adjective] > capable of improvement
mendable1533
improvable1649
ameliorable1807
1807 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1806 5 v. 274/2 In short, the execution, like the design, is ameliorable.
1858 London Lancet Oct. 309/2 Upwards of 29,000 cases of disease principally called into activity by local causes, and preventible or ameliorable in their nature.
1922 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 13 245 Not infrequently they [sc. the causes of crime] lie in conditions and defects that are ameliorable, even tangible.
1980 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 12 98 Egypt's..general economic problem..is unquestionably serious and not readily ameliorable.
2004 Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator (Nexis) 3 Feb. a12 Nearly a quarter of patients had adverse events following discharge from hospital—and half of those problems were either preventable or ameliorable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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