remediable

Examples

• All

• The harm done tends to be direct and instantaneous, and not remediable by longer-range social processes that can prevent subsequent damage.

  Academic text (1996)

• But it is important to recognize that these technological and political shortcomings are remediable through nonregulatory means.

  Academic text (2004)

• Lee and Jazz became the best of friends, a delightful relationship but one Lee hoped was remediable.

  Fiction book (1996)

• These tensions and oppositions are not remediable.

  Academic text (1999)

• These deficiencies are remediable, and it was Bacon's object to show us how to fix them.

  Academic text (2003)

• In 1905, New York City began to examine students more closely for "remediable defects" of the eyes, ears, and throat, and other cities followed suit.

  Academic text (2014)

• Many of these poor outcomes may be remediable by provision of services 56-61; however, despite a vibrant national economy during this period, an opportunity to eliminate disparities between cities was missed.

  Academic text (2011)

• The Emerging Asia study documented that tens of billions of dollars in environmental degradation take place every year in Asia's megacities due to extreme but remediable levels of pollution and congestion.

  Academic text (1997)

• Maxwell and other officials were so frustrated by the lack of compliance that they hoped to attain the authority to compel parents to have these remediable defects corrected.

  Academic text (2014)

• Many learning challenges in students are remediable with the right support and guidance.

Synonyms

T

treatable

vsremediable

• Specialized

31 3.5

A condition a doctor or medicine can cure

refers to fixing defects, not limited to medical or chemical care

S

salvageable

vsremediable

12 5.3

Something you can save or fix after damage

covers problems that can be fixed even when not damaged

F

fixable

vsremediable

9 2.7

Can be repaired or put right

applies to defects or faults generally rather than only objects

C

correctable

vsremediable

3 4.8

Able to be fixed or made right

often refers to fixing problems rather than only restoring objects

R

resolvable

vsremediable

1 4.4

A problem that can be solved or fixed

is about correcting faults rather than only ending a situation

R

reparable

vsremediable

1 4.9

Able to be fixed

covers problems or defects more broadly than physical mending

R

restorable

vsremediable

1 3.9

Can be fixed to look or work like before

focuses on fixing problems or faults rather than physical restoration

R

reformable

vsremediable

1 5.2

Able to be changed to be better

is used for faults needing correction rather than long term improvement

R

rectifiable

vsremediable

6.8

Able to be fixed or made right

is used for problems or defects rather than only physical repairs

R

redressable

vsremediable

• Formal

7.7

Something the law can make right

is used for general problems and defects not limited to legal remedy

Antonyms

I

incorrigible

15 8.1

Impossible to change or correct, often about someone's behavior

I

irremediable

1 9.6

Not able to be fixed or made better

How Remediable

remediable

1 6.6

irremediable

1 9.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology