Used in a Sentence

manageable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for manageable.

Editorial note

Maybe that means mass deaths or extinction, or maybe the consequences will be manageable.

Examples15
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Capable of being managed or controlled.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of manageable gathered in one view.

adjective

Capable of being managed or controlled.

adjective

Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for manageable.

Example sentences

1

Maybe that means mass deaths or extinction, or maybe the consequences will be manageable.

2

Technical debt is more manageable when the core business data is accesible and in sort of usable state.

3

My one problem is persistent dryness, which is manageable with eyedrops but does require keeping that with me.

4

Keeping the size of one's family manageable means having the time to both build up a career and also heavily invest in the upbringing of each child.

5

On the other hand, the described changes were often very practical, solved a customer need, and were manageable to implement.

6

Theres a couple high frequency GRE word lists here that you can hack up into manageable amounts and work through progressively.

7

A resource can be owned by one person, viewed by peers, partially readable by others, and manageable by command structure (management).

8

We can setup manageable and productive fisheries that not only can sustain populations but also continue to reproduce and be healthy.

9

For some languages it's a bit harder, but for most, the choices are manageable.

10

The mind works by narrowing the field of possibilities down to a manageable bandwith.

11

I couldn't get numbers on the size of a daily text feed nowadays, but I imagine it's pretty manageable.

12

So in effect they have reduced (but still high) communication capabilities to keep costs manageable, just as I said.

Quote examples

1

This is true, because I glossed over the "recursively enumerable" requirement on purpose - and then, replying to your previous comment, tried to simplify it by saying that such a counterexample is not a "manageable" axiomatic system.

2

That's not the same as "So politicians in the past were more informed because they had an easier time informing themselves." let alone "Those capable of being more well-rounded may have found politics to be a better fit since it was still manageable at that time." However, they do share common theme - you think that they favored those in political positions or the reverse more than they do now.

3

"Those capable of being more well-rounded may have found politics to be a better fit since it was still manageable at that time." This is simply a related hypothesis to the selection of politicians back then based on the postulate that it was easier to be educated to a useful degree relative to the general population.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use manageable in a sentence?

Maybe that means mass deaths or extinction, or maybe the consequences will be manageable.

What does manageable mean?

Capable of being managed or controlled.

What part of speech is manageable?

manageable is commonly used as adjective.