passable
adjective
pass·able
ˈpa-sə-bəl 
1
a
: capable of being passed, crossed, or traveled on
passable roads
b
: capable of being freely circulated
2
: good enough : adequate
Examples of passable in a Sentence
The main road is passable but most others are still covered with snow.
The river is passable during the summer months.
He did a passable job with the assignment.
She plays passable golf but prefers tennis.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
Could a score be realized by AI that was passable right now?
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
School bus transportation routes will have to be modified for areas of the city that still aren’t passable.
—Kathy Park, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
There, a white board is updated daily to share which highways and major roads are passable, that school is canceled all week, and the phone number to report missing persons.
—Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
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passable
adjective
pass·able
ˈpas-ə-bəl
1
: capable of being passed, crossed, or traveled on
passable roads
2
: barely good enough : tolerable
a passable imitation
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