challengeable

English

Alternative forms

• challengable

Etymology

From Middle English chalengeable; equivalent to challenge +‎ -able.

Adjective

challengeable (comparative more challengeable, superlative most challengeable)

1. Able to be challenged or disputed.
   • 2009 April 1, Adam Liptak, “Justices Limit the Reach of Apology to Hawaiians”, in New York Times‎:

     It follows, Justice Ginsburg wrote, that “if a defendant is tried before a qualified jury composed of individuals not challengeable for cause, the loss of a peremptory challenge due to a state court’s good-faith error is not a matter of federal constitutional concern.”

Derived terms

• unchallengeable