watchable

adjective

watch·able ˈwä-chə-bəl

ˈwȯ-

: worth watching

a minor but highly watchable film

watchable noun

Examples of watchable in a Sentence

a minor but highly watchable film

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The 2010s produced far more watchable, engaging Test cricket than the run-laden 2000s, thanks in no small part to a shift in pitch preparation. — Ben Jones aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Note also that with a low level of ambient light—one floor lamp on in the room—the image was a little washed out but still quite watchable for both SDR and HDR without having to change the image size, even in the darkest scenes. — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026 And Ed Harris is always wonderfully watchable and somehow has remained the exact same age for the last 30 years. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Jake Johnson stars in the watchable but entirely vanilla Apple TV sports comedy, which spins a tale of underdog triumph around a once-promising tennis prodigy who rediscovers his mojo on a pickleball court. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchable

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circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of watchable was circa 1909

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