viable

[ UK /vˈa‍ɪəbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈvaɪəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. capable of life or normal growth and development
    a viable fetus
    viable seeds
  2. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
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How To Use viable In A Sentence

  • That's, kind of, the heart of what they call compassionate conservatism: that the American experience must be alive and viable for everyone, and that government has a role to help people have the tools so they can help themselves. CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004
  • Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
  • Aliquots were withdrawn at the indicated times, the viable titer was determined, and the percentage of survivors was calculated.
  • With poor mineral resources, its prospects as an independent, viable country were secured by the invention of refrigeration.
  • But any candidate who does not reach 15 percent in a given precinct is deemed ‘not viable,’ and his supporters will then pick another.
  • May is in an enviable position and enjoys huge backing from the public. The Sun
  • This was a cosy arrangement, but it is no longer viable.
  • Two catalytic subunits of PP2A are encoded by two closely related genes, ppa1 + and ppa2 +, and strains in which both genes are disrupted are inviable.
  • The active principle is extracted and purified from plant material for as long as that process remains economically viable compared with chemical synthesis.
  • He did so by rubbishing the only viable goal of any Liberal Democrat election campaign - a hung parliament.
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