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pursuable

1 6.3

Can be followed up or taken to court

adjective
/pərˈsuːəbl/

Formal

: demandable

If the evidence is strong enough, the matter becomes pursuable in court.

Examples

Only certain types of claims are pursuable under the new regulations.
The case is pursuable in court, giving the victims an opportunity for justice.
The investigators confirmed that the fraud complaint was pursuable, and they prepared the case for prosecution.
The project is pursuable with the right resources.
Is this goal pursuable within the given timeframe?
The detective found several leads that made the investigation pursuable.
After reviewing the evidence, the lawyer determined the claim was pursuable.

Synonyms

actionable

vspursuable

Formal

11 7.5

Able to lead to a lawsuit

allows formal or legal follow up without necessarily giving grounds for a lawsuit

attemptable

vspursuable

3.3

Can be tried

is also open to formal or legal follow up rather than only casual effort

How Pursuable

feasible

73 4.9

pursuable

Formal

1 6.3

difficult

∞ 1.6

impracticable

Formal

1 7.3

Surface Forms

pursuable positive

Morphology

pursuable = pursue (transparent) = pursue + able

Standard adjectival derivation from 'pursue' indicating that something can be pursued (e.g., a plan or legal action).

Etymology

Pursuable comes from pursue, from the Latin pro- 'forward' and sequ- 'follow', the same root as in sequence. So when a plan, claim, or case is pursuable, it can be 'followed up' or taken forward in law or action.