overturnable

Able to flip

Overturnable describes something that can be overturned—physically tipped over, or more often, reversed or invalidated.

Legal decisions are overturnable on appeal.

The ruling isn't final; it's overturnable by the Supreme Court.

The word emphasizes vulnerability to reversal rather than stability.

reversible

revocable

Able to be canceled

rescindableCapable of annulment
repealableCapable of annulment
annullableAble to be invalidated

voidable · retractable · nullifiable · cancelable · reversible · undoable · vacatable · appealable · challengeable · contestable

unstable

teetering

Unstably balanced, nearly falling

wobblyTending to teeter
tippableCapable of being overturned
top-heavyDisproportionately weighted above

unsteady · precarious · tottering · rickety · unbalanced · tipsy · capsizable · shakeable · lopsided · off-balance

vulnerable

assailable

Open to attack

attackableCapable of being targeted
defeatableAble to be beaten
conquerableAble to be vanquished

beatable · vincible · exposed · unprotected · penetrable · susceptible · pregnable · surmountable · challengeable · opposable

Opposites

physical stability

overturnableimmovable

Incapable of being shifted

stable · fixed · anchored · secured · steadfast

legal/decisional reversibility

overturnableirreversible

Cannot be undone

final · unappealable · binding · irrevocable · settled

Family

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