Definition of Postponable

1. Adjective. That can be postponed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Postponable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Postponable

postpatriarchal
postpay
postpeople
postperformance
postperovskite
postperson
postpersons
postpetroleum
postphilosophical
postplaying
postpolio
postpoliomyelitis
postpolitical
postpollination
postpolymerization
postponable (current term)
postpone
postponed
postponement
postponements
postponence
postponer
postponers
postpones
postponing
postpose
postposed
postposes
postposing
postposit

Literary usage of Postponable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journals and Correspondence of Thomas Sedgewick Whalley by Thomas Sedgwick Whalley (1863)
"But I would not at any rate delay; because, to use the words of the before-mentioned Mr. Thomas Paine, ' Hunger is not a postponable want. ..."

2. Lower Living Costs in Cities: A Constructive Programme for Urban Efficiency by Clyde Lyndon King (1915)
"119), the unnecessary loss of capitalized net earnings in our present population of 92,- 000000, with its 693000 preventable and postponable deaths per year ..."

3. Poverty and Dependency: Their Relief and Prevention by John Lewis Gillin (1921)
"Since 50 per cent of it is preventable, the loss to the state which is needless amounts to nearly $i 5000000.* Total loss from postponable deaths and ..."

4. Life Insurance by Lester William Zartman (1914)
"monia, diarrhoea, and enteritis, at least half of the deaths •were preventable — that is, postponable. For diseases of childhood such as meningitis, ..."

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