Meaning & use
Fireable
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Serious enough to justify dismissing someone from a job, or, of an employee, able to be legally dismissed.
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Falsifying expense reports is a fireable offense at most companies.
As a contractor rather than an employee, he wasn't technically fireable in the usual sense.
A note on using this word
Mostly used in the phrase 'fireable offense' to describe misconduct serious enough to warrant termination.
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dismissible
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