CORRECTABLE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

correctable

adjective

Definition of correctable

as in repairable

capable of being corrected a racehorse with some minor, correctable faults

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Recent Examples of correctable The good news is that these losses are measurable and often correctable. — Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 June 2026 All of that should be correctable. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 6 May 2026 Still, some states consider driving with only one headlight a correctable violation, meaning police officers will only give a fix-it ticket. — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 26 Feb. 2026 Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2026 Interim special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica and punter Ethan Evans said the problem was correctable. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026 The team’s approach involved applying pulses at specific times to make counter-rotating errors consistent and correctable. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 For instance, some denials could stem from easily correctable errors if the parents knew of those errors, such as unreadable dental scans or wording from the orthodontist's office that didn't fully explain the medical necessity. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctable

Adjective

Crucially, the repairable handset is now available for the first time in the US.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Fairphone, the maker of the most repairable smartphones, is finally entering the US market, starting with a new $649 product.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of repairable

Adjective

Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.

— Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.

— Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021

Definition of reparable

Adjective

And those hard-material limits are not remediable through belief.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
Others described disciplinary processes that escalated quickly and unpredictably, often tied to subjective assessments of behavior rather than remediable clinical skills.

— Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 1 June 2026

Definition of remediable

Adjective

And once your tasks are small and measured, swapping one model for another is days of retuning, not a rebuild, so the choice stays reversible.

— Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Sure, the reversible brown-and-blue Tory Burch version is chic—as is the tri-colored Loewe jacket worth a whopping $3,850.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of reversible

Adjective

Delta's contract with its pilots becomes amendable at the end of the year, and the airline and its pilot group are in active talks about the next contract, according to USA TODAY.

— Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
These situations are amendable to creditors claiming that the structure is nothing more than the client's alter ego, which is why creditors love to see them.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of amendable

Adjective

In the world of inherently scalable and improvable AI attacks, that quickly becomes a nightmare that cannot be contained.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Finishing offers some of the most immediate reduction opportunities because these are operational decisions, improvable through technology, process optimization, chemistry selection, renewable energy, and product design.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 25 June 2026

Definition of improvable

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