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secondable en · ADJ

Etymology

From second + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Capable of being seconded.
    • The key propositions, to be achieved by 2010, were: improvement of the quality of trained personnel deployed; enhancing the availability of secondable civilian personnel; 2014, Jolyon Howorth, Security and Defence Policy in the European Union, →ISBN, page 103:
    • The second motion, to adjourn, is secondable and requires a majority vote, but is not debatable or amendable, and cannot be reconsidered (no D, A or R shown). 1953, George Demeter, Manual of parliamentary law and procedure, page 98:

secondable en · ADV

Etymology

From second + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Eggcorn of second of all.
    • Firstable, they simulated the considered plant in its original site (Granada, Spain), secondable, the simulation was performed in another location (Ma’an, Jordan). 2020, T. E. Boukelia, A. Bouraoui, A. Laouafi, S. Djimli, Y. Kabar, “3E (Energy-Exergy-Economic) comparative study of integrating wet and dry cooling systems in solar tower power plants”, in Energy, →DOI:
    • Firstable, workers who work in a close connection with pesticides like formulators, sprayers, mixers, loaders and agricultural farm workers have a big risk to expose themselves to the pesticides that harm their health. Secondable, people can expose to a number of pesticides through food 2015, Heidi Rosala, Consumer selection of vegetarian food in restaurants, thesis submitted to University of Jyväskylä:
    • … two main reasons. Firstly, as the wealth increases the complexity of its administration increments as well, making compulsory the support of a professional; secondable, since the cost structure is usually linked with the assets under management, they … 1993, Luca Reddavide, The Evolution of Wealth Management: Transformation and Innovation of Robo Advisory, thesis submitted to Università Ca' Foscari Venezia:
    • Secondable (see the firstable hyperlink), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there isn't much headroom for his company's social networking site. 2014 December 23, Quinten Plummer, “Teens Show Thumbs Up to Instagram but Thumbs Down to Facebook”, in Tech Times: