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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Jesse Raub, Bon Appétit, 12 Mar. 2025
Consumer incomes in aggregate continue to grow, February job growth was passable and a slow start to retail sales this winter means a bigger spending cushion in coming months.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Nothing that happens next is unexpected, but The Other Two has some passable high jinks and earnest emotion when Will realizes that everybody seems to like his clone better than him because Twoie’s putting in the work and trying.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
As Arctic ice melts, the argument goes, the region will become more passable to ships, offering shorter routes for moving cargo between population centers.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Passable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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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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