disavowable

1 8.1

Something a person can deny

adjective
/ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəbl/

Formal

: renunciable

Some statements are simply not disavowable once they have been made public.

Examples

His actions were deemed disavowable by the committee.
The contract included a disavowable clause in case of unforeseen events.
He ensured his actions were always disavowable to avoid personal responsibility.
The evidence presented was disavowable under scrutiny.
The politician made a disavowable statement that he later regretted.
Her disavowable behavior during the meeting surprised everyone.
The contract included several disavowable conditions that could be contested.

Synonyms

dismissible

vsdisavowable

1 6.6

Can be removed from a job or rejected by a person in charge

is able to be denied or rejected personally rather than removed by others

discardable

vsdisavowable

1 4.6

Not important and can be ignored or removed

is denied or renounced rather than rejected for being unimportant

Antonyms

acknowledged

8 3.5

Accepted by others as true or real

Surface Forms

disavowable positive

Morphology

disavowable = disavow (transparent) = dis + avow + able

The adjective is a regular and readily interpretable '-able' formation meaning 'able to be disavowed' from the verb 'disavow'.

Etymology

Disavowable is made of dis- 'not', avow (like vow) 'to say or promise openly', and -able 'able to'. So, something disavowable is 'able to be denied', meaning you can say you did not do it or you do not accept it.