0 If something is salvageable, it can be saved, especially from a fire or flood or from a ship that has sunk:
The original shop burned down and almost none of the merchandise was salvageable.
The seven buildings at the center of the disaster are beyond repair, but the others may be salvageable.
It was a dire situation. But he obviously felt very strongly that the situation was salvageable and did a great job.
80 to 90 percent of teens who break the law are "salvageable," he says, and should be incarcerated only as a very last resort.
What was the youngest salvageable gestational age?
Demand for salvageable material has inevitably been affected by the economic recession, but there are now signs of an up-turn.
It seems to me that the word "salvageable" is suspect.