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put-downable en · ADJ

Etymology

From put down + -able.

Meanings

  1. Not captivating or engrossing; dull.
    • It's not that it wasn't good, but it was significantly more put-downable than others.
    • The Red White and Blue is, FOR THE most part, terrifically readable, but also immensely put-downable. A reason for the latter is that John Gregory Dunne is lavish with murder, mutilation, vomit, dwarf jokes, racist jokes, latrine scenes, and […] 1987, {unattributed}, New York Magazine Feb 23, 1987

Forms

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putdownable alternative lexicographic
most put-downable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more put-downable Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

unputdownable