capable of being adopted; suitable or eligible for adoption
an adoptable child
a resolution found to be adoptable
noun
2.
a child who is considered suitable for adoption
fewer adoptables than in previous years
Derived forms
adoptability
noun
Word origin
[1835–45; adopt + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, daisy chain, hot plate, serial, squeegee-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'adoptable' in a sentence
adoptable
However, easily adoptable, field-based high-throughput methods are still lacking.
James Walter, James Walter, James Edwards, James Edwards, Jinhai Cai, Glenn McDonald,Stanley J. Miklavcic, Haydn Kuchel, Haydn Kuchel 2019, 'High-Throughput Field Imaging and Basic Image Analysis in a Wheat Breeding Programme',Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00449/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The security of the organization and user should be prevented by providing an adoptable solution.
S. Sharavanan, R.M. Balajee 2016, 'CONTEXT BASED ANDROID APPLICATIONADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS CONTROL (CBAA–AAC) FOR SMARTPHONES', ICTACT Journal on Soft Computinghttp://ictactjournals.in/paper/IJSC_Vol_6_Iss_4_paper_8_1308_1313.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
New and existing production technologies are often not fully adoptable to new products.
Michael Lütjen, Abderrahim Ait Alla 2014, 'Risk-Optimized Design of Production Systems by Use of GRAMOSA', Mathematical Problems in Engineeringhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/934176. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)