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MAL-ee-uh-bl/ˈmæliəbl/

Malleable means easily shaped, or easily influenced: a malleable abstract, malleable metal. Flexible (already in the dictionary) is everyday; rounding the n is still a methods fail.

Meaning

Easily shaped, or easily influenced (from flexible, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A malleable abstract is still a methods fail if the n is rounded.”
• “Flexible is already in this course. Pliable is the close twin. Rounding is a slogan. A codebook line is methods. Write the raw number; then polish the abstract if the rule still allows it.”

Good to know

Easily shaped or influenced. Everyday: flexible (already in the dictionary). Rounding ≠ a true n.

Near in meaning

pliable, flexible, impressionable

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