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workability

workability

3.7
How easy a material is to shape or use
  • noun
  • /ˌwɜrkəˈbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : usabilidad
  • One market is the plastic lumber sector, where at least a few manufacturers are utilizing up to 50 percent wood fiber to strengthen and improve the workability of the finished product.

Examples

  • The workability of this new software allows users to easily customize their reports.

  • With kydex, there's a much broader range of workability within the heat bandwidth and it's when it's set it's actually really super durable.

  • This brush is very important, I think to the workability of this product and it does have hold in itself, which is nice.

  • The simple workability of the idea can be seen in the village of Nimbi.

    Academic text (2007)

  • They have been having problems with tilth and soil workability.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I mean there is just it's loaded with organic material and it's got a lot of what you'd call like workability or or fluff to it.

  • Due to the porous structure and rough surface of CS, it can significantly reduce the workability of mortars 4,34.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Farmers appreciate the workability of the soil, making it easier to cultivate crops.

  • The toy's design enhances its workability, making it simple for children to assemble.

Synonyms

convenience
vsworkability
116 1.4

The state of being easy or useful for people

emphasizes being easy to shape and handle
usability
vsworkability
23 3.8

How easy and quick something is to use

is broader, includes being easy to shape or handle physically
useableness
vsworkability
6.9

The quality that makes something helpful and easy to work with

focuses more on being easy to shape or use in practice
intuitiveness
vsworkability
5.2

How easy something is to understand or use without help

is more about physical or practical ease than mental clarity
manageableness
vsworkability
7.5

How easy something is to control or handle

focuses instead on being easy to shape or use, not just control

Antonyms

unworkability
  • Specialized
8.7

Too hard to cut or shape to make things from it

How Malleable

malleability
  • Specialized
2 7.4
workability
  • Specialized
3.7
stiffness
13 3.9
brittleness
1 5.4

Surface Forms

workability singular
workabilities plural

Morphology

workability = workable (transparent) = work + ity

Built from 'work' -> 'workable' + '-ity'; the sense 'easy to use or shape' is a direct extension of 'able to be worked'.

Etymology

Workability comes from work ('to shape or use'), able ('can be done'), and -ity ('quality'), so it means 'the quality of being able to be worked', which is why the word describes how easy a material is to shape or use.