[ UK /lˈa‍ɪəbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaɪəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
    liable to diabetes
  2. held legally responsible
    men between the ages of 18 and 35 were liable for military service
  3. subject to legal action
    liable to criminal charges
  4. at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
    he is apt to lose
    she is liable to forget
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How To Use liable In A Sentence

  • Offenders may be liable to a heavy fine.
  • Advertisers pretending to be private individuals will be liable to prosecution.
  • These creatures have the reputation of being smelly, vicious, spiteful and unreliable.
  • But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
  • In 1672, when Mars was in the vicinity of the three Psi stars of Aquarius, the time was ripe for obtaining the first reliable parallax of Mars.
  • The term "gentilhomme" is so liable to be confounded with "gentleman" that it needs explaining, for, despite the similarity of derivation, no two words can be more distinct. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876
  • What we do have here is a rather queer looking creature with a faceless Charlie Brown head, duck legs, two jointless yet pliable arms, and tentacles.
  • The relevant principle is that if a member causes loss to the council he/she is liable to make good that loss if he/she has misconducted him/herself knowing that loss may result.
  • _ When a scirrhus affects any gland of no great extent or sensibility, it is, after a long period of time, liable to suppurate without inducing fever, like the indolent tumors of the conglobate or lymphatic glands above mentioned; whence collections of matter are often found after death both in men and other animals; as in the liver of swine, which have been fed with the grounds of fermented mixtures in the distilleries. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
  • Make sure that the construction proposal is reliable, the working procedure works canonically, and the construction monitor goes effectively.
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