salvageable

English

Etymology

salvage +‎ -able

Adjective

salvageable (comparative more salvageable, superlative most salvageable)

Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.
- The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one.
Antonyms: unsalvageable, unrescuable, unsavable

Alternative forms

salvagable

Derived terms

unsalvageable

Translations

capable of being salvaged

French: récupérable (fr), sauvable (fr)
German: zu retten sein
Italian: recuperabile

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