curtailable

Able to reduce

Curtailable describes something that can be reduced, cut short, or limited.

The word appears most often in legal and contractual contexts: a curtailable lease may be terminated early, curtailable power can be reduced during emergencies.

Outside technical usage, the simpler "can be curtailed" usually serves better.

reduction

reducible

Able to be diminished

minimizable · downsizable · trimmable · cuttable · compressible · condensable · abridgeable · pare · slash · prune

flexibility

adjustable

Able to be changed

revocable · reversible · amendable · alterable · changeable · variable · negotiable · discretionary · provisional · conditional

limitation

restrictable

Able to be limited

ceiling · cap · constraint · restriction · boundary · brake · check · curb · quota · rationing

authority

regulatory

Involving official oversight

managerial · jurisdictional · enforceable · mandated · oversight · governance · command · authorization · empowerment · discretion

Opposites
reducibility

curtailableexpandable

Able to be enlarged

augmentable · extendable · enlargeable · scalable · unlimited

permanence/guarantee

curtailableguaranteed

Promised with certainty

absolute · inviolable · protected · inalienable · irrevocable

Family

curtail, curtailed, curtailing, curtails, curtailment, curtailments

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G