reparable
/ˈrɛp(ə)rəb(ə)l
/adjective
(Especially of an injury or loss) possible to rectify or repair.The pilot for CAV-XML offered actual flow days computed on each depot-level reparable being repaired, from the day it was received at the contractor to the day it was shipped....
- The time it takes a depot or contractor to repair and return a reparable item to serviceable condition is rather long.
- Examples are all too common in which relatively inexpensive consumable parts hold up the repair of an expensive reparable part.
Synonyms
rectifiable, remediable, able to be put/set right, curable, restorable, recoverable, retrievable, salvageable
rare corrigible
Derivatives
reparability
- The rating system examines design, reparability and theft resistance.
- Improving the reparability of a computer may require additional resources (and thus increase the environmental impact).
- MEPs called on the Commission to propose an update to the eco-design directive to include non-energy related products and to demand better durability, recyclability and reparability of goods.
Origin
Late 16th century: from French réparable, from Latin reparabilis, from reparare 'make ready again' (see repair1).