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What is the adjective for abusable?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb abuse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

abusive
  1. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  2. (archaic) Catachrestic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
  3. (archaic) Full of abuses; practicing abuse; containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
  4. Prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
  5. (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. [Attested only from the early to mid 17th century.]
  6. (archaic) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses.
  7. (obsolete) Given to misusing. [Attested only in the mid 17th century.]
  8. Being physically injurious; characterized by repeated violence.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The government's abusive treatment of religious minorities is undemocratic, uncivilized, and a violation of its commitments under international human rights laws.”
      “When Connie stepped into that house and settled into her bedroom, the memories of her cruel and abusive mother descended on her like a net.”
      “It is alleged the accused hit the driver on the neck using her mobile phone when he objected to her use of abusive words against him.”
abused
abusable
  1. Capable of being abused. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dronabinol and cannabis are abusable and controlled under the drug control laws of most countries.”
      “It just makes sense that if we, as an industry, can offer patients less abusable formulations of existing medications, we should.”
      “I only want the euphoria-inducing abusable controlled substances.”
abuseful
  1. (rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
abusing
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