Definition of "winable" [winable]

• A course of action; a maneuver. (noun)
• A diplomatic representation or protest. (noun)
• A statement or protest addressed by citizens to public authorities. (noun)

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• "The fundraising arms are doing well, but that money is better spent on more winable elections."
• "When 3 years is up we leave in defeat and Obama will need to explain to all the mothers of the dead why we stayed 3 more years if it was not winable in 3 years."
• "It's hard for me to believe that Hillary's supporter could or would be so HEARTLESS and UNASHAMED to vote to continue a war that you, I and the republican know is un-winable and senseless."