reformable
reformable — adjective
- reformablepositive
- more reformablecomparative
- most reformablesuperlative
1. able to be changed for the better by making improvements to the way a person beh
able to be changed for the better by making improvements to the way a person behaves, a system works, or an institution is run.
The prison system proved not easily reformable despite the new director's efforts.
collocation: not easily reformable
Bao believes that even stubborn habits are reformable when a person gets proper help.
The city council agreed that the local bus system was reformable and worth improving.
The judge told Nellie that her attitude was reformable and encouraged her to try harder.
Gabriel studied whether the country's education laws were reformable under the new government.
- improvable
focuses on making something better rather than changing its structure; less formal than reformable
- correctable
applies mainly to errors or faults in a specific piece of work, not to systems or character
- redeemable
specifically about a person's moral character, carrying a stronger sense of saving from a bad state
- irreformable
the direct opposite — unable to be reformed at all
- incorrigible
of a person whose bad behaviour cannot be improved; stronger and more common than irreformable
用法筆記
Frequently appears with negation (not reformable, hardly reformable) or with adverbs that qualify the degree of change possible. Common in formal discussions of policy, institutions, and personal rehabilitation.