sectionable

English

Etymology

From section +‎ -able.

Adjective

sectionable (not comparable)

1. Able to be sectioned.
2. (UK) Mentally ill; deserving of being sectioned in a mental institution.
   • 2013 March 7, Jonathan Coe, Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B. S. Johnson, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 357:

     As a lot of people are when they're that depressed, he was very reluctant to get help, and he really did need help: I'm quite sure he was sectionable, actually, towards the end of his life.

Antonyms

• unsectionable

Translations

Translations

• French: sectionnable (fr)