put-downable

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Etymology[edit]

put down +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

put-downable (comparative more put-downable, superlative most put-downable)

  1. Not captivating or engrossing; dull.
    • 1987, {unattributed}, New York Magazine Feb 23, 1987
      The Red White and Blue is, FOR THE most part, terrifically readable, but also immensely put-downable. A reason for the latter is that John Gregory Dunne is lavish with murder, mutilation, vomit, dwarf jokes, racist jokes, latrine scenes, and []
    It's not that it wasn't good, but it was significantly more put-downable than others.

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