Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

targetable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: tar-getable
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That can be targeted (directed towards a target).

adj

That can be targeted; i.e., that can be made into a target (of attack, etc).

Example Sentences

"Since the Soviet Union is lagging far behind the U.S. in multiple independently targetable missiles which are capable of attacking many strategic targets of the opposite side,[…]"
"Do Islamic juridical discourses stress the distinction between the targetable soldiers at Fort Hood and the nontargetable civilians of London, Madrid, and New York?"
"... there are many legally targetable soldiers, for example, who are not actually engaging in harm. Consider the problem of the sleeping soldier. Just who are the “innocent” in bellum justum?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English target Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English targetable From target + -able.

Derived Forms

nontargetable untargetable

Questions

What does targetable mean?: That can be targeted (directed towards a target).
Where does targetable come from?: Etymology tree English target Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English targetable From target + -able.

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